A significant fraction of conserved noncoding DNA in human and mouse consists of predicted matrix attachment regions

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 119-124

  Glazko, Galina V ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^b   Rogozin, Igor B ^b   Shabalina, Svetlana A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; DNA;

CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037372327     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(03)00016-7     Document Type: Review

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