Concatenation of Transgenic DNA: Random or Orchestrated?
Abstract
:1. Historical Overview of the Concatenation Studies
2. Information from the Internal Junctions
3. Palindromes
4. Molecular Mechanisms of Concatenation
5. Repeat-Induced Gene Silencing
6. Novel Methods for Studying Transgene Concatenation
7. Conclusions and Future Direction
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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