后转座子
生物
祖细胞
体细胞
祖细胞
神经干细胞
基因组
神经科学
遗传学
细胞生物学
干细胞
转座因子
基因
作者
Ángela Macia,Alysson R. Muotri
出处
期刊:Neuromethods
日期:2017-01-01
卷期号:: 189-208
被引量:2
标识
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4939-7280-7_10
摘要
Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is a type of retrotransposon that comprise around 17% of the human genome. Increasing evidence has suggested that L1 activity, termed as L1 retrotransposition, may occur in somatic cells such as neural progenitor cells (NPC) in higher rate than other non-brain tissues. Indeed, L1 retrotransposition has been found to be associated with several types of neurological disorders. Thus, L1 activity may contribute to the mosaicism in brain tissues, suggesting an intriguing, and also important role of L1 in the central nervous system.
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