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... > Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides > Nucleic Acids > DNA > Retroelements > Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements > Alu Elements
... > Information Science > Information Sources > Information Services > Documentation > Molecular Sequence Data > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Interspersed Repetitive Sequences > Retroelements > Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements > Alu Elements
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Interspersed Repetitive Sequences > Retroelements > Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements > Alu Elements
... > Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Molecular Structure > Base Sequence > Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid > Interspersed Repetitive Sequences > Retroelements > Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements > Alu Elements
... > Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Structures > Genome > Genome Components > Interspersed Repetitive Sequences > Retroelements > Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements > Alu Elements

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Alu Elements  

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  • Alu Families
  • Alu Family
  • Alu Repetitive Sequence
  • Alu Repetitive Sequences
  • Families, Alu
  • Family, Alu
  • Repetitive Sequence, Alu
  • Repetitive Sequences, Alu
  • Sequence, Alu Repetitive
  • Sequences, Alu Repetitive

Scope note

  • The Alu sequence family (named for the restriction endonuclease cleavage enzyme Alu I) is the most highly repeated interspersed repeat element in humans (over a million copies). It is derived from the 7SL RNA component of the SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE and contains an RNA polymerase III promoter. Transposition of this element into coding and regulatory regions of genes is responsible for many heritable diseases.

History note

  • 99; use REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID 1988-98; for ALU REPETITIVE SEQUENCE, ALU FAMILY, and ALU-LIKE REPETITIVE SEQUENCE use REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID 1988-98

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