摘要
假基因是功能基因的缺陷拷贝,它在序列结构上与功能基因非常相似,但已丧失了正常的蛋白质编码功能.假基因曾被认为是一类典型的非编码"垃圾DNA",而如今人们发现假基因在基因表达调控和基因组进化过程中发挥着重要作用.从假基因的起源、序列结构特征、假基因的识别、假基因在染色体上的分布、分子进化规律,以及假基因功能等几个方面较为全面地介绍了该领域的最新研究进展.
Pseudogenes, disabled copies of functional genes, are structurally similar to its parantal genes, but lost their ability to produce proteins. Pseudogene was used to be considered as a typical kind of non-coding "junk DNA" . Increasing investigations, however, have shown that pseudogenes play important roles in gene regulation and genome evolution. The progress of research on pseudogenes is summarized in light of the origin and sequence characteristics of pseudogenes, identification of pseudogenes, genomic distribution, behaviour of its molecular evolution and functioning.
出处
《生物化学与生物物理进展》
SCIE
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2010年第11期1165-1174,共10页
Progress In Biochemistry and Biophysics
基金
内蒙古自治区高等学校科学研究项目(NJ10098)
内蒙古科技大学创新基金资助项目(2009NC005)~~
关键词
假基因
假基因识别
假基因进化
假基因功能
pseudogene, identification ofpseudogenes, evolution ofpseudogenes, pseudogene function