Retroviral Elements and Their Hosts: Insertional Mutagenesis in the Mouse Germ Line
Figure 1
Mutagenic Mechanisms of IAP and ETn Insertions
IAP and ETn insertions were classified by their mechanism of gene disruption. Well documented instances of aberrant transcription initiation (5'-terminus) and polyadenylation (3'-terminus) were counted, as well as aberrant splicing and exon skipping (internal disruption). Insertions that cause gene disruption by multiple mechanisms (Table S1) were counted once in each relevant class.