DNA methylation and structural and functional bimodality of vertebrate promoters

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1602-1608

  Elango, Navin ^a   Yi, Soojin V ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Expression; Genome evolution; Promoter; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

ANURA; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47649091157     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn110     Document Type: Article

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