Exaptation of an ancient Alu short interspersed element provides a highly conserved vitamin D-mediated innate immune response in humans and primates

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>About 45% of the human genome is comprised of mobile transposable elements or "junk DNA". The exaptation or co-option of these elements to provide important cellular functions is hypothesized to have played a powerful force...

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Main Authors: Koeffler H Phillip, Saito Tsuyako, Gombart Adrian F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/321

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