TY - JOUR
T1 - Transposable elements as introns
T2 - evolutionary connections
AU - Purugganan, Michael D.
PY - 1993/7
Y1 - 1993/7
N2 - Recent molecular genetic studies demonstrate that many transposable elements, when inserted into nuclear genes, can behave as introns and create novel intron processing patterns. These studies point to possible mechanisms by which transposable element insertions participate in the evolutionary diversification of gene structure, the rise of alternative splicing patterns and the production of novel regulatory interactions. Moreover, they provide us with fresh insights into the evolutionary dynamics of these mobile sequences.
AB - Recent molecular genetic studies demonstrate that many transposable elements, when inserted into nuclear genes, can behave as introns and create novel intron processing patterns. These studies point to possible mechanisms by which transposable element insertions participate in the evolutionary diversification of gene structure, the rise of alternative splicing patterns and the production of novel regulatory interactions. Moreover, they provide us with fresh insights into the evolutionary dynamics of these mobile sequences.
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U2 - 10.1016/0169-5347(93)90198-X
DO - 10.1016/0169-5347(93)90198-X
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0000804639
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 8
SP - 239
EP - 243
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 7
ER -