Pseudogenes are not pseudo any more

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-32

  Wen, Yan Zi ^a   Zheng, Ling Ling ^b   Qu, Liang Hu ^b   Ayala, Francisco J ^c   Lun, Zhao Rong ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological function; Pseudogene; RNA regulation; Transcription; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DICER; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A PROTEIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; K RAS PROTEIN; MAKORIN1 P1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NANOG; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

METAZOA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84856766408     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.9.1.18277     Document Type: Review

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