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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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Series: | BMC Bioinformatics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12859-019-3113-x |