Comparative studies of gene regulatory mechanisms

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-74

  Pai, Athma A ^a   Gilad, Yoav ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PAN TROGLODYTES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908450344     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2014.08.010     Document Type: Review

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