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Standardized nomenclature for Alu repeats

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  1. L-452, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Human Genome Center, P.O. Box 808, 94551, Livermore, CA, USA

    Mark A. Batzer

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Human and Molecular Genetics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1901 Perdido St., 70112, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Prescott L. Deininger

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of California at Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    Utha Hellmann-Blumberg & Carl W. Schmid

  4. Linus Panting Institute of Science and Medicine, 440 Page Mill Road, 94306, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Jerzy Jurka

  5. Centre de Recherche, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Departement de Pediatric, Universite de Montréal, H3T 1C5, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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  6. Section of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA

    Carol M. Rubin & Carl W. Schmid

  7. Institute of Molecular Medical Sciences, 460 Page Mill Road, 94306, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Emile Zuckerkandl

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Batzer, M.A., Deininger, P.L., Hellmann-Blumberg, U. et al. Standardized nomenclature for Alu repeats. J Mol Evol 42, 3–6 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00163204

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