Functional bias and spatial organization of genes in mutational hot and cold regions in the human genome

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Chuang, Jeffrey H ^a   Li, Hao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; RNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA PROCESSING; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS;

EID: 19344378811     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020029     Document Type: Article

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