Evolution of a polymorphic regulatory element in interferon-γ through transposition and mutation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 884-890

  Ackerman, Hans ^a   Udalova, Irina ^a   Hull, Jeremy ^a   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ALU SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PSEUDOGENE; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036276506     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004145     Document Type: Article

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