Standardized nomenclature for Alu repeats

1 Human Genome Center, L-452, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551, USA 2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Human and Molecular Genetics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1901 Perdido St., New Orleans, LA 70112, USA 3 Department of Chemistry, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA 4 Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, 440 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA 5 Centre de Recherche, Hopital Ste-Justine, Departement de Pediatrie, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1C5 6 Section of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA 7 Institute of Molecular Medical Sciences, 460 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA

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