Non-methylated CpG-rich islands at the human alpha-globin locus: implications for evolution of the alpha-globin pseudogene.

Adrian Bird; Mary Taggart; Robert D. Nicholls; Douglas R. Higgs

doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb04851.x

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PseudogeneBiologyLocus (genetics)CpG siteGeneGeneticsGlobinMolecular biologyMethylationDifferentially methylated regionsAlpha (finance)DNA methylationGenomeGene expression

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Year: 1987
Type: article
Volume: 6
Issue: 4
Pages: 999-1004
Citations: 201
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                                    Adrian Bird, 
                                
                                    Mary Taggart, 
                                
                                    Robert D. Nicholls
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1987). 
                            Non-methylated CpG-rich islands at the human alpha-globin locus: implications for evolution of the alpha-globin pseudogene.. 
                            The EMBO Journal
                            , 6
                            (4)
                            , 999-1004.
                            https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb04851.x
                        

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DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb04851.x