29 mammalian genomes reveal novel exaptations of mobile elements for likely regulatory functions in the human genome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Lowe, Craig B ^a   Haussler, David ^a,b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONSERVED NON EXONIC ELEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84865415008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043128     Document Type: Article

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