Human mobile genetic elements: structure, distribution and functional role

Pidpala O.V., Yatsishina A.P., Lukash L.L.

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Data concerning human mobile genetic elements which make up 45 % of the genome are reviewed. Much attention is focused on their role in genome functioning, such as recombination, regulation of gene expression and neogenes besides classification and distribution.

Key words: Mobile elements, DNA transposons, retroelements, human genome, genome function

Tsitologiya i Genetika 2008, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 69-81

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Pidpala O.V., Yatsishina A.P., Lukash L.L. Human mobile genetic elements: structure, distribution and functional role, Tsitol Genet., 2008, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 69-81.