What controls the length of noncoding DNA?

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 652-659

  Comeron, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0035546066     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00249-5     Document Type: Review

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