Acquisition of inverted GSTM exons by an intron of primate GSTM5 gene

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 271-276

  Wang, Yong ^a   Leung, Frederick C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

GSTM; Intronic stem loop; Inverted repeat; Primate

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M4; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M5; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GSTM5 GENE; HUMAN; INTRON; INVERTED REPEAT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INTRONS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE INVERSION;

PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 67649560892     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2009.23     Document Type: Article

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