Mice have a transcribed L-threonine aldolase/GLY1 gene, but the human GLY1 gene is a non-processed pseudogene

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Edgar, Alasdair J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLYCINE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; SCHIFF BASE; SERINE DEHYDRATASE; THREONINE; THREONINE DEHYDRATASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXON; FROG; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; HUMAN; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROSTATE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOGENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; ZEBRA FISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 25444506890     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-32     Document Type: Article

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