Evidence that functional transcription units cover at least half of the human genome

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 229-232

  Sémon, Marie ^a   Duret, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SPACER DNA;

EXON; FUNCTIONAL TRANSCRIPTION UNIT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTRON; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSPOSON;

TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1942454210     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.03.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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