repetitive elements

[Martin Kennedy]

In article <1993Jun28.105438.22359 at gserv1.dl.ac.uk>, 
suter at VAX.MPIZ-KOELN.mpg.d400.de writes:
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> 1. what functions do (or can ?) repetitive elements have ? if possible a review 
> article or an article which shows some data on this.

There seem to be lots of theories and not much fact about this - let me know if
you get some definitive answers!!


> 2. i remember a paper in which breastcancer was associated with a jumping
> alu element, do you know the reference ?
> 

These references may be helpful:

Dombroski et al., (1991) Science 254, 1805
Mathias et al., (1991) Science 254, 1808
Lin et al., (1988)  Cell 54, 153-159
Muratani et al., (1991) PNAS 88, 11315-11319
Kazazian et al., (1988) Nature 332, 164-166

Cheers,

Martin

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