Evolution of the master Alu gene(s)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 311-320

  Richard Shen, M ^a   Batzer, Mark A ^a   Deininger, Prescott L ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu subfamilies; diagnostic mutations; Master Alu sequence; Orthologous loci; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HINDIII; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0025719520     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02102862     Document Type: Article

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