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An Alu element retroposition in two families with Huntington disease defines a new active Alu subfamily.
Nucleic acids research - 25 Jul 1993
Hutchinson G B, Andrew S E, McDonald H, Goldberg Y P, Graham R, Rommens J M, Hayden M R
Abstract excerpt
Alu repetitive elements represent the most common short interspersed elements (SINEs) found in primates, with an estimated 500,000 members in the haploid human genome. Considerable evidence has accumulated that these elements have dispersed in the genome by active transcription followed by retroposition, and that this process is ongoing. Sequence variation between the individual elements has lead to the...
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