Coexpression of linked gene pairs persists long after their separation

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 565-570

  Wang, Guang Zhong ^a   Chen, Wei Hua ^b   Lercher, Martin J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin regulation; Coexpression; Genomic neighbors; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES WALTII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; KLUYVEROMYCES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE ORDER; GENOME, FUNGAL; KLUYVEROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84856406204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr049     Document Type: Article

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