Differential Gene Expression in the Human Brain Is Associated with Conserved, but Not Accelerated, Noncoding Sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1217-1229

  Meyer, Kyle A ^a   Marques Bonet, Tomas ^b,c,d   Sestan, Nenad ^a,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Conserved noncoding sequence; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BRAIN REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; SPECIES; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME;

SPACER DNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES;

EID: 85019126732     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx076     Document Type: Article

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