Comparison of human chromosome 21 conserved nongenic sequences (CNGs) with the mouse and dog genomes shows that their selective constraint is independent of their genic environment

Genome Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 852-859

  Dermitzakis, Emmanouli T ^a   Kirkness, Ewen ^b   Schwarz, Scott ^c   Birney, Ewan ^d   Reymond, Alexandre ^a   Antonarakis, Stylianos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, INTERGENIC; DOGS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; POINT MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GADIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2442695243     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.1934904     Document Type: Article

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