Genes involved in complex adaptive processes tend to have highly conserved upstream regions in mammalian genomes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lee, Soohyun ^a   Kohane, Isaac ^c   Kasif, Simon ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CPG ISLAND; DOG; GENOME; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIBOSOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RIBOSOMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 28844482836     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-168     Document Type: Article

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