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Transposable Element Mediated Innovation in Gene Regulatory Landscapes of Cells: Re-Visiting the "Gene-Battery" Model.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Jan 2018
Sundaram Vasavi, Wang Ting
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Transposable elements (TEs) are no longer considered to be "junk" DNA. Here, we review how TEs can impact gene regulation systematically. TEs encode various regulatory elements that enables them to regulate gene expression. RJ Britten and EH Davidson hypothesized that TEs can integrate the function of various transcriptional regulators into gene regulatory networks. Uniquely TEs can deposit regulatory sites...
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