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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Chatchawit Aporntewan
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-43185 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nucleic acids research 20130808 19
A-repeats are the simplest form of tandem repeats and are found ubiquitously throughout genomes. These mononucleotide repeats have been widely believed to be non-functional 'junk' DNA. However, studies in yeasts suggest that A-repeats play crucial biological functions, and their role in humans remains largely unknown. Here, we showed a non-random pattern of distribution of sense A- and T-repeats within 20 kb around transcription start sites (TSSs) in the human genome. Different distributions of ...[more]