Genome-wide identification of human functional DNA using a neutral indel model

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Lunter, Gerton ^a   Ponting, Chris P ^a   Hein, Jotun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; MAMMALS; PROTEINS; RNA;

COMPARATIVE APPROACH; COMPARATIVE METHODS; FUNCTIONAL SEQUENCES; HUMAN GENOMES; HUMANS MICE; INSERTIONS AND DELETIONS; MODEL METHOD; POSITIVE SELECTION; PROTEIN-CODING; PROTEIN-CODING GENES;

DNA;

DNA; MICRORNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA PURIFICATION; DOG; EUCHROMATIN; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645798112     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020005     Document Type: Article

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