Investigating enhancer evolution with massively parallel reporter assays.

Abstract:

:A recent study in Genome Biology has characterized the evolution of candidate hominoid-specific liver enhancers by using massively parallel reporter assays (MPRAs).

journal_name

Genome Biol

journal_title

Genome biology

authors

Kwon SB,Ernst J

doi

10.1186/s13059-018-1502-5

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-08-14 00:00:00

pages

114

issue

1

eissn

1474-7596

issn

1474-760X

pii

10.1186/s13059-018-1502-5

journal_volume

19

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