Is there a functional link between gene interdigitation and multi-species conservation of synteny blocks?

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1217-1224

  MacKenzie, Alasdair ^a,b   Miller, Kerry Ann ^a   Collinson, Jon Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 8844285951     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20117     Document Type: Review

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