Segmental duplications and gene conversion: Human luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin β gene cluster

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1535-1546

  Hallast, Pille ^a   Nagirnaja, Liina ^a   Margus, Tõnu ^a   Laan, Maris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESTONIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 27544480956     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.4270505     Document Type: Article

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