Extensive conservation of ancient microsynteny across metazoans due to cis-regulatory constraints

Genome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2356-2367

  Irimia, Manuel ^a,d   Tena, Juan J ^b   Alexis, Maria S ^a   Fernandez Miñan, Ana ^b   Maeso, Ignacio ^c   Bogdanović, Ozren ^b   De La Calle Mustienes, Elisa ^b   Roy, Scott W ^a,e   Gómez Skarmeta, José L ^b   Fraser, Hunter B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; MICROSYNTENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTENY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; SYNTENY; ZEBRAFISH;

BILATERIA; DANIO RERIO; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

EID: 84870512646     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.139725.112     Document Type: Article

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