Characterization and predictive discovery of evolutionarily conserved mammalian alternative promoters

Genome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-155

  Baek, Daehyun ^a   Davis, Colleen ^b   Ewing, Brent ^b   Gordon, David ^b   Green, Phil ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TATA BOX;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846867489     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.5872707     Document Type: Article

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