Long noncoding RNA genes: Caaonservation of sequence and brain expression among diverse amniotes

Genome Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Chodroff, Rebecca A ^a,b   Goodstadt, Leo ^a   Sirey, Tamara M ^a   Oliver, Peter L ^a   Davies, Kay E ^a   Green, Eric D ^b   Molnár, Zoltán ^a   Ponting, Chris P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG NONCODING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHICKEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

AMNIOTA; AVES; DIDELPHIDAE; EUKARYOTA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC LOCI; MICE; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 77954399763     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2010-11-7-r72     Document Type: Article

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