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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-02-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/12 |