Sense-antisense pairs in mammals: functional and evolutionary considerations

Pedro A. F. Galante, Daniel Onofre Vidal, Jorge Estefano de Souza, Anamaria A. Camargo, Sandro J. de Souza

Genome biology · 2007 · 72 citations · 46 references

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Abstract

We propose an evolutionary and functional model in which alternative polyadenylation and retroposition account for the origin of a significant number of functional S-AS pairs in mammalian genomes.

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