Repetitive sequence environment distinguishes housekeeping genes

Gene

Volumn 390, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 153-165

  Eller, C Daniel ^a   Regelson, Moira ^a   Merriman, Barry ^a   Nelson, Stan ^a   Horvath, Steve ^a,b   Marahrens, York ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu; Isochores; LINE; Random forest; Repeat; SINE; Tissue specific genes

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOCHORE; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

3' FLANKING REGION; 5' FLANKING REGION; ALU ELEMENTS; BASE COMPOSITION; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846937260     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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