Transposable elements are enriched within or in close proximity to xenobiotic-metabolizing cytochrome P450 genes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Transposons, i.e. transposable elements (TEs), are the major internal spontaneous mutation agents for the variability of eukaryotic genomes. To address the general issue of whether transposons mediate genomic changes in environment-a...

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Main Authors: Li Xianchun, Chen Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/46