Molecular evolutionary evidence that H19 mRNA is functional

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 134-135

  Hurst, Laurence D ^a   Smith, Nick G C ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033118192     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01696-0     Document Type: Article

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