Transcription of two human genes from a
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Catherine A. Dunn; Mark T. Romanish; Leanne E. Gutierrez; Louie N. van de Lagema
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Article
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2006
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Eight percent of the human genome is derived from endogenous retrovirus (ERV) insertions. ERV long terminal repeats (LTRs) contain strong promoters that are known to contribute to the transcriptional regulation of certain human genes. While some LTRs are known to possess bidirectional promoter activ