"Orphan" retrogenes in the human genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 384-396

  Ciomborowska, Joanna ^a   Rosikiewicz, Wojciech ^a   Szklarczyk, Damian ^a,c   Makałowski, Wojciech ^b   Makałowska, Izabela ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Gene expression; Human genetic disease; Retrogene

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; CHMP1B PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESCRT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MACHINE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PSEUDOGENE; PURIFYING SELECTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; WORM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PARAPLEGIA; PHYLOGENY; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDOSOMAL SORTING COMPLEXES REQUIRED FOR TRANSPORT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAPLEGIA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878511648     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss235     Document Type: Article

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