Engineering in genomics: Variable number tandem repeats as agents of functional regulation in the genome

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Breen, Gerome ^a   Collier, David ^b   Craig, Ian ^b   Quinn, John ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; DNA STRAND; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SCIENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; TECHNOLOGY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 40649096433     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/EMB.2008.915501     Document Type: Short Survey

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