Short retroposons in eukaryotic genomes

DA Kramerov, NS Vassetzky - International review of cytology, 2005 - Elsevier
Short retroposons (SINEs) are repetitive elements amplified in the genome via an RNA
intermediate, using the enzymatic machinery of autonomous retroposons (LINEs). SINEs are …

Alu elements and the human genome

DJ Rowold, RJ Herrera - Genetica, 2000 - Springer
Alu insertional elements, the most abundant class of SINEs in humans are dimeric
sequences approximately 300 bp in length derived from the 7SL RNA gene. These …

Sequence and organization of genes encoding the human 27 kDa heat shock protein

E Hickey, SE Brandon, R Potter, G Stein… - Nucleic acids …, 1986 - academic.oup.com
The 27 kDa human heat shock protein (hsp27) is encoded by a gene family of 4 members.
Two genomic fragments hybridizing to cDNA encoding hsp27 have been isolated …

DNA methylation in the Alu sequences of diploid and haploid primary human cells.

S Kochanek, D Renz, W Doerfler - The EMBO journal, 1993 - embopress.org
We have investigated DNA methylation in human Alu sequences, both in general and in
specific Alu sequences associated with the genes for alpha 1 globin, tissue plasminogen …

Origin of the Alu family: a family of Alu-like monomers gave birth to the left and the right arms of the Alu elements

Y Quentin - Nucleic acids research, 1992 - academic.oup.com
The Alu dimeric elements are a common feature of the primate genomes, where they
constitute a family of related sequences (1). The identification of a free left Alu monomer …

Structure and variability of recently inserted Alu family members

MA Batzer, GE Kilroy, PE Richard… - Nucleic acids …, 1990 - academic.oup.com
The HS subfamily of Alu sequences is comprised of a group of nearly identical members.
Individual subfamily members share 97.7% nucleotide identity with each other and 98.9 …

Revision of consensus sequence of human Alu repeats—a review

Y Kariya, K Kato, Y Hayashizaki, S Himeno, S Tarui… - Gene, 1987 - Elsevier
Nucleotide sequences of 50 human Alu repeats and their flanking regions are presented
together with the consensus sequence based on the literature and our findings. The results …

Upstream sequences modulate the internal promoter of the human 7SL RNA gene

E Ullu, AM Weiner - Nature, 1985 - nature.com
The human genome is rich in sequences which are structurally related to the 7SL RNA
component of the signal recognition particle1. The 7SL DNA sequence family consists of …

Neural BC1 RNA: cDNA clones reveal nonrepetitive sequence content.

TM DeChiara, J Brosius - Proceedings of the National …, 1987 - National Acad Sciences
BC1 is a small developmentally regulated RNA that is prevalent in nervous tissue. In order to
determine if BC1 RNA represents the transcriptional by-product of various repetitive brain …

Proposed roles for DNA methylation in Alu transcriptional repression and mutational inactivation

WM Liu, CW Schmid - Nucleic acids research, 1993 - academic.oup.com
Methylatlon at CpG dinucleotides to produce 5 methyl cytoslne (5me-C) has been proposed
to regulate the transcriptional expression of human Alu repeats. Similarly, methylation has …