Unusual sequences of two old, inactive human Alu repeats.

doi:10.1016/0167-4781(92)90165-v

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Unusual sequences of two old, inactive human Alu repeats.

Biochimica et biophysica acta - 20 Oct 1992

Liu W M, Leeflang E P, Schmid C W

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Two human Alu repeats terminating in an oligo(T) run rather than the usual A-rich 3' tail were isolated by library screening. Base sequence comparisons reveal that these unusual Alus are also exceptionally divergent from other Alu family members implying that they are evolutionarily old. Unlike o...

Topics

Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Consensus Sequence
DNA
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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