Clusters of co-expressed genes in mammalian genomes are conserved by natural selection

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 767-775

  Singer, Gregory A C ^a,b   Lloyd, Andrew T ^a,c   Huminiecki, Lukasz B ^a,d   Wolfe, Kenneth H ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Ctr for Genomics and Bioinformatics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genome organization; Human genome; Mouse genome; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA PACKAGING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NATURAL SELECTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROKARYOTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 14544301584     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi062     Document Type: Article

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