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Inverted Alu repeats unstable in yeast are excluded from the human genome.
The EMBO journal - 17 Jul 2000
Lobachev K S, Stenger J E, Kozyreva O G, Jurka J, Gordenin D A, Resnick M A
Abstract excerpt
The nearly one million ALU: repeats in human chromosomes are a potential threat to genome integrity. ALU:s form dense clusters where they frequently appear as inverted repeats, a sequence motif known to cause DNA rearrangements in model organisms. Using a yeast recombination system, we found that inverted ALU: pairs can be strong initiators of genetic instability. The highly recombinagenic potential of inverted...
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