Functional variation and evolution of non-coding DNA

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-564

  Bird, Christine P ^a   Stranger, Barbara E ^a   Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33750948552     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2006.10.003     Document Type: Review

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