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ReviewMobile genetic elements

Applications of DNA integrating elements: Facing the bias bully.

Johann de Jong, Lodewyk F A Wessels, Maarten van Lohuizen, Jeroen de Ridder, Waseem Akhtar

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Review in Mobile genetic elements. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Johann de JongComputational Cancer Biology Group; Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis; The Netherlands Cancer Institute ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lodewyk F A WesselsComputational Cancer Biology Group; Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis; The Netherlands Cancer Institute ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Delft Bioinformatics Lab; TU Delft ; Delft, The Netherlands.
Maarten van LohuizenDivision of Molecular Genetics; The Netherlands Cancer Institute ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jeroen de RidderDelft Bioinformatics Lab; TU Delft ; Delft, The Netherlands.
Waseem AkhtarDivision of Molecular Genetics; The Netherlands Cancer Institute ; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retroviruses and DNA transposons are an important part of molecular biologists' toolbox. The applications of these elements range from functional genomics to oncogene discovery and gene therapy. However, these elements do not integrate uniformly across the genome, which is an important limitation to their use. A number of genetic and epigenetic factors have been shown to shape the integration preference of these elements. Insight into integration bias can significantly enhance the analysis and interpretation of results obtained using these elements. For three different applications, we outline how bias can affect results, and can potentially be addressed.

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chromatin position effectepigenomicsgene therapyinsertional mutagenesisintegration bias

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PMID26442173
PMCPMC4588226

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