The developmental brain gene NPAS3 contains the largest number of accelerated regulatory sequences in the human genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1088-1102

  Kamm, Gretel B ^a   Pisciottano, Francisco ^a   Kliger, Rafi ^a   Franchini, Lucía F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

brain; evolution; humans; NPAS3; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL PAS DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 14; CODON; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH;

BRAIN; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84876520556     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst023     Document Type: Article

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