The silencing of pseudogenes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2135-2138

  Mira, Alex ^a   Pushker, Ravindra ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Mutation accumulation; Promoter; Pseudogene; Shine Dalgarno; Spacer

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOGENE; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SILENCING; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOGENES; RIBOSOMES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 26444496661     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi209     Document Type: Article

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