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| Title |
The distribution of a germline methylation marker suggests a regional mechanism of LINE-1 silencing by the piRNA-PIWI system
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| Published in |
BMC Genomic Data, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2156-13-31 |
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| Authors |
Martin I Sigurdsson, Albert V Smith, Hans T Bjornsson, Jon J Jonsson |
| Abstract |
A defense system against transposon activity in the human germline based on PIWI proteins and piRNA has recently been discovered. It represses the activity of LINE-1 elements via DNA methylation by a largely unknown mechanism. Based on the dispersed distribution of clusters of piRNA genes in a strand-specific manner on all human chromosomes, we hypothesized that this system might work preferentially on local and proximal sequences. We tested this hypothesis with a methylation-associated SNP (mSNP) marker which is based on the density of C-T transitions in CpG dinucleotides as a surrogate marker for germline methylation. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Iceland | 1 | 3% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 35 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 25% |
| Researcher | 9 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 8% |
| Professor | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 4 | 10% |
| Unknown | 7 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 48% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 8 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
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#22,756,649
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#1,008
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#159,643
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#15
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