Nuku, a family of primate retrocopies derived from <i>KU70</i>

Paul A Rowley; Aisha Ellahi; Kyudong Han; Jagdish Suresh Patel; James T Van Leuven; Sara L Sawyer

doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkab163

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (May 2021)

Nuku, a family of primate retrocopies derived from <i>KU70</i>

Paul A Rowley,
Aisha Ellahi,
Kyudong Han,
Jagdish Suresh Patel,
James T Van Leuven,
Sara L Sawyer

Affiliations

Paul A Rowley: ORCiD; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
Aisha Ellahi: Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78751, USA
Kyudong Han: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology, College of Science & Technology, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Republic of Korea
Jagdish Suresh Patel: Center for Modeling Complex Interactions, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA and
James T Van Leuven: ORCiD; Center for Modeling Complex Interactions, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA and
Sara L Sawyer: ORCiD; Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80302, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab163
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 8

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AbstractThe gene encoding the ubiquitous DNA repair protein, Ku70p, has undergone extensive copy number expansion during primate evolution. Gene duplications of KU70KU70NUKUNUKUKU70NUKUNUKU2NUKUs

Published in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

ISSN: 2160-1836 (Online)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Genetics
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