Comparative analysis of distinct non-coding characteristics potentially contributing to the divergence of human tissue-specific genes

Genetica

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-134

  Huang, Qianli ^a,b   Guo, Jiaming ^a   Ge, Qq ^b   Li Ling, Jesse ^c   Chen, Xueping ^a   Ma, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative promoter; Non coding region; Repeat element; Tissue specific gene; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CPG ISLAND; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63949083595     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-008-9323-1     Document Type: Article

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