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Gene Deserts

Gene Deserts is a genomic region characterized by an extended stretch of DNA devoid of protein-coding genes, distinguishing it from gene-dense segments within the eukaryotic genome.

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283

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142

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2017–2026

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Scanning Human Gene Deserts for Long-Range Enhancers

Marcelo A. Nóbrega, Ivan Ovcharenko, Veena Afzal et al. · Science · 2003 · 601 citations · Full text

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Unbiased analysis of potential targets of breast cancer susceptibility loci by Capture Hi-C

Nicola H. Dryden, Laura R. Broome, Frank Dudbridge et al. · Genome Research · 2014 · 275 citations · Full text

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Genome-Wide Analysis of Chromosomal Features Repressing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transcription

Mary K. Lewinski, Dwayne A. Bisgrove, Paul Shinn et al. · Journal of Virology · 2005 · 271 citations

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Thousands of human mobile element fragments undergo strong purifying selection near developmental genes

Craig B. Lowe, Gill Bejerano, David Haussler · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 248 citations

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Evolution and functional classification of vertebrate gene deserts

Ivan Ovcharenko, Gabriela G. Loots, Marcelo A. Nóbrega et al. · Genome Research · 2004 · 241 citations · Full text

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Authors

283

  1. JL
    José Luis Gómez-Skármeta

    Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Spain

    3 publications · 267 citations

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  2. JJ
    Juan J. Tena

    Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Spain

    3 publications · 267 citations

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  3. EM
    Edward M. Rubin

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 820 citations

    2

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  4. MR
    M. Raafat El-Gewely

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

    2

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  5. MI
    Manuel Irimia

    Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain

    2 publications · 68 citations

    2

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1–5 of 283

Institutions

142

  1. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo

    Seville, Spain

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    144 citations

  5. Institute for Systems Biology

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    260 citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    87 citations

  7. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    879 citations

  8. École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

    Lyon, France

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    413 citations

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Venues

  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 4 publications · 411 citations

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  2. BMC Genomics

    4 publications · 392 citations

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  3. Genome Research

    GR · 4 publications · 759 citations

    4

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  4. Genome biology

    3 publications · 177 citations

    3

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  5. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 2 publications · 57 citations

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