Alu elements: know the SINEs.
Alu elements are primate-specific repeats and comprise 11% of the human genome. They have wide-ranging influences on gene expression. Their contribution to genome evolution, gene regulation and disease is reviewed.
Tulane Cancer Center, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. pdeinin@tulane.edu
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D020087:Alu Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D056915:DNA Copy Number Variations; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015894:Genome, Human; D042822:Genomic Instability; D006801:Humans; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000235:genetics*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011323:Primates / Q000235:genetics*; D018626:Retroelements / Q000235:genetics
D018626:Retroelements