Evolution of closely linked gene pairs in vertebrate genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1909-1921

  Franck, Erik ^a   Hulsen, Tim ^a   Huynen, Martijn A ^a   De Jong, Wilfried W ^a   Lubsen, Nicolette H ^a   Madsen, Ole ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bidirectional promoter; Coordinate expression; Head to head gene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MULTIGENE FAMILY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VERTEBRATES;

AMNIOTA; EUARCHONTOGLIRES; MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49749141019     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn136     Document Type: Article

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