Evolution of the <it>NANOG </it> pseudogene family in the human and chimpanzee genomes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The <it>NANOG </it>gene is expressed in mammalian embryonic stem cells where it maintains cellular pluripotency. An unusually large family of pseudogenes arose from it with one unprocessed and ten processed pseudogenes in...

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Main Authors: Maughan Peter J, Fairbanks Daniel J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-02-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/12