The imprinted NPAP1 gene in the Prader-Willi syndrome region belongs to a POM121-related family of retrogenes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 344-351

  Neumann, Lisa C ^a,c   Feiner, Nathalie ^b,d   Meyer, Axel ^b   Buiting, Karin ^a   Horsthemke, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C15orf2; Imprinting; NPAP1L; Nuclear pore complex; Nucleoporin; UPF0607

Indexed keywords

C9ORF156 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POM121 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYLOGENY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIMATE; RAT;

ANIMALS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PRIMATES; PROTEINS; RATS;

EID: 84902988023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu019     Document Type: Article

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