Evolutionary Forces Shape the Human RFPL1,2,3 Genes toward a Role in Neocortex Development

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-218

  Bonnefont, Jérôme ^a   Nikolaev, Sergey I ^a   Perrier, Anselme L ^b   Guo, Song ^c   Cartier, Laetitia ^a   Sorce, Silvia ^a   Laforge, Térèse ^a   Aubry, Laetitia ^b   Khaitovich, Philipp ^c   Peschanski, Marc ^b   Antonarakis, Stylianos E ^a   Krause, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b I Stem   (France)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CATARRHINI; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 22; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE NUMBER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MACACA; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RET FINGER PROTEIN LIKE 1 GENE; RET FINGER PROTEIN LIKE 2 GENE; RET FINGER PROTEIN LIKE 3 GENE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MACACA; NEOCORTEX; PAN TROGLODYTES;

CATARRHINI; GLIRES; HOMINOIDEA; MURINAE; MYA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 48349144820     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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