Genomic analysis reveals extensive gene duplication within the bovine TRB locus

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Connelley, Timothy ^a   Aerts, Jan ^b   Law, Andy ^a   Ivan, W Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNTENY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

BOVINAE; MURINAE; MUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ORDER; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; GENOME; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY;

EID: 65649153981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-192     Document Type: Article

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