From: Thom Quinn (softone@execpc.com)
Date: Tue Mar 03 1998 - 07:33:27 MST
I agree there are many articles and books that mention the topic, but I am
looking for an article that reviews ALL or at least most of the ideas, I've
been searching for several days and that seems lacking in the
literature.Thanks for the suggestion however.
Thom
Geoff Smith wrote:
> ----------
> > From: Thom Quinn <thomquinn@esosoft.com>
> > To: extropians@extropy.com
> > Subject: junk DNA
> > Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 8:18 PM
> >
> > Hello, I am looking for a good review paper about the
> > various hypotheses on the possible functionality of
> > so-called junk DNA--the non-coding regions of eukaryotic
> > genomes. I am aware of some of the ideas (selfish DNA,
> > genome structural functions, etc.) but I would like to find
> > a review in the primary literature. Does such a thing exist?
>
> Selfish DNA, genome structural functions, and regulatory action(eg.
> heterochromatin and position-effect variegation) are all I can think of.
> Maybe you could check out some articles on transposons and/or
> heterochromatin. These articles are everywhere, and there are also many
> books on the subject. Here's a review paper on heterochromatin by a
> professor here at UBC:
>
> Grigliatti, T. A. 1991. "Position Effect Variegation- An Assay for
> Non-histone Chromosomal Proteins and Chromatin Assembly and Modifications
> Factors." Methods in Cell Biology 35: 587-627.
>
> > Thanks for you help!
> >
> > Thom Quinn
> > swo@execpc.com
> > quinn@evolutionary.org
> >
> >
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