The extent of functionality in the human genome

HUGO Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mattick, John S ^a,b   Dinger, Marcel E ^a,b  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; RNA; SPACER DNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84899637780     PISSN: 18776558     EISSN: 18776566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1877-6566-7-2     Document Type: Review

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