Impact of polymorphic transposable elements on transcription in lymphoblastoid cell lines from public data

Abstract Background Transposable elements (TEs) are DNA sequences able to mobilize themselves and to increase their copy-number in the host genome. In the past, they have been considered mainly selfish DNA without evident functions. Nevertheless, currently they are believed to have been extensively...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Spirito, Damiano Mangoni, Remo Sanges, Stefano Gustincich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12859-019-3113-x