Evolution of the tandem repeats in thymidylate synthase enhancer region (TSER) in primates

Gene

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Zhang, Yun Wu ^a,b   Luo, Huai Rong ^a,c   Ryder, Oliver A ^b   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Length polymorphism; most recent common ancestor; MRCA; New World monkeys; NWMs; Old World monkeys; OWMs; PCR; polymerase chain reaction; Population; Recombination; Repeat motif; SSM; thymidylate synthase; thymidylate synthase enhancer region; TS; TSER

Indexed keywords

THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAPHYLY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMO; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 4143104858     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.05.018     Document Type: Article

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