The evolution of transcription-initiation sites

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1137-1146

  Lynch, Michael ^a   Scofield, Douglas G ^a   Hong, Xin ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryotes; Genome evolution; Inr; TATA; Transcription initiation; UTR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CODON; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 16344362654     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi100     Document Type: Article

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