Revising the selfish DNA hypothesis - new evidence on accumulation of transposable elements in heterochromatin

Authors
Dimitri, P Junakovic, N
Citation
P. Dimitri et N. Junakovic, Revising the selfish DNA hypothesis - new evidence on accumulation of transposable elements in heterochromatin, TRENDS GEN, 15(4), 1999, pp. 123-124
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Molecular Biology & Genetics
Journal title
TRENDS IN GENETICS
ISSN journal
01689525 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
123 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9525(199904)15:4<123:RTSDH->2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The bulk of the eukaryotic genome is composed of families of repetitive seq uences that are genetically silent and exhibit various types of instability . Transposable elements (TEs) are particularly commmon in heterochromatic r egions of the genome - a location where TEs might do less damage to their h ost. Recent advances suggest that the relationship between TEs and heteroch romatin might not be quite so straightforward.