Molecular archeology of L1 insertions in the human genome

Suzanne Szak, Oxana K. Pickeral, Wojciech Makałowski, Mark S. Boguski, David Landsman, Jef D. Boeke

Genome biology · 2002 · 231 citations · 48 references

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Abstract

The sequence data give no indication that the creation of L1 structural variants depends on characteristics of the insertion locus. In addition, the formation of 5' truncated and 5' inverted L1s are probably not due to the action of the L1 endonuclease.

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