Digging deep for ancient relics: A survey of protein motifs in the intergenic sequences of four eukaryotic genomes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 811-822

  Zhang, Zhao Lei ^a   Harrison, Paul M ^a   Gerstein, Mark ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA loss; Genome; Intergenic; Protein motif; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOGENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036430322     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01035-5     Document Type: Article

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