Repeated recruitment of LTR retrotransposons as promoters by the anti-apoptotic locus NAIP during mammalian evolution.

Neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein (NAIP, also known as BIRC1) is a member of the conserved inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family. Lineage-specific rearrangements and expansions of this locus have yielded different copy numbers among primates and rodents, with human retaining a single funct...

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Main Authors: Mark T Romanish, Wynne M Lock, Louie N van de Lagemaat, Catherine A Dunn, Dixie L Mager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1781489?pdf=render