Amylase gene structures in primates: Retroposon insertions and promoter evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 767-779

  Samuelson, Linda C ^a,b   Phillips, Ruth S ^a   Swanberg, Lisa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

molecular evolution; multigene family; primates; promoters; retroviruses; tissue specific gene expression; transposable elements; Amylase

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMYLASE;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029895560     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025637     Document Type: Article

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