The conversion of 3′ UTRs into coding regions

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-464

  Giacomelli, Michael G ^a,b   Hancock, Adam S ^a   Masel, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Evolution of novelty; Evolutionary innovation; Gene length; Genetic assimilation

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; SACCHAROMYCES; STOP CODON; YEAST; ANIMAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRION;

RODENTIA; SACCHAROMYCES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SUP35 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CODON, TERMINATOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENOME, FUNGAL; MAMMALS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PRIONS; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 33846840904     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl172     Document Type: Article

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