Active Alu Element “A-Tails”: Size Does Matter

Table 1.

Mean Length of the 3′ “A-Tail” of Different Alu and L1 Elements

Repeated element group Total analyzed Length A-tail
Alu J and S 100 21 ± 8
Alu Yb8 79 28 ± 9
Alu Ya5 235 26 ± 9
Alu Ya5a2 23 30 ± 11
Alu “disease” 16 58 ± 19
L1 Ta 50 41 ± 20
L1 “disease” 14 77 ± 33

  • ↵Mean ± standard deviation.

  • ↵Elements found to cause disease by insertion.

  • ↵Includes some elements that were generated as new inserts from the L1 tissue culture assay and two L1 elements causing disease in mice.

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  1. Published in Advance August 21, 2002, doi: 10.1101/gr.384802 Genome Res. 12: 1333-1344

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