CpG Islands as a putative source for animal miRNAs: Evolutionary and functional implications

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1545-1551

  Dahary, Dvir ^a   Shalgi, Reut ^a   Pilpel, Yitzhak ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

animal evolution; CpG islands; microRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, INTERGENIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955413359     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq315     Document Type: Article

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