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. 2006 May 23;103(21):7941-2.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602656103. Epub 2006 May 16.

Evolutionary tinkering with transposable elements

I King Jordan  1
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Evolutionary tinkering with transposable elements

I King Jordan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Establishment of a TE-derived genetic regulatory network. (a) DNA type, class II, TE (blue) inserts downstream of host gene exons (red). (b) TE binding domain fuses with host gene transcript. (c) The chimeric gene can now regulate multiple cognate binding site-containing locations around the genome.
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