Evolutionary rate heterogeneity of Alu repeats upstream of the APOA5 gene: Do they regulate APOA5 expression?

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-253

  Ruiz Narváez, Edward A ^a   Campos, Hannia ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu repeats; APOA5; Apolipoproteins; Evolution; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A4; APOLIPOPROTEIN A5; SPACER DNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PAN;

EID: 40049112866     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-008-0245-7     Document Type: Article

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