| Literature DB >> 17363976 |
R Keith Slotkin1, Robert Martienssen.
Abstract
Overlapping epigenetic mechanisms have evolved in eukaryotic cells to silence the expression and mobility of transposable elements (TEs). Owing to their ability to recruit the silencing machinery, TEs have served as building blocks for epigenetic phenomena, both at the level of single genes and across larger chromosomal regions. Important progress has been made recently in understanding these silencing mechanisms. In addition, new insights have been gained into how this silencing has been co-opted to serve essential functions in 'host' cells, highlighting the importance of TEs in the epigenetic regulation of the genome.Mesh：
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17363976 DOI： 10.1038/nrg2072
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Genet ISSN： 1471-0056 Impact factor: 53.242