Death and Resurrection of the Human IRGM Gene

Cemalettin Bekpen; Tomas Marques-Bonet; Can Alkan; Francesca Antonacci; Maria Bruna Leogrande; Mario Ventura; Jeffrey M. Kidd; Priscillia Siswara; Jonathan C. Howard; Evan E. Eichler

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000403

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Death and Resurrection of the Human IRGM Gene

Cemalettin Bekpen,

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Tomas Marques-Bonet,

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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Can Alkan,

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Francesca Antonacci,

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Maria Bruna Leogrande,

Affiliation Universita' degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy
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Mario Ventura,

Affiliation Universita' degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy
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Jeffrey M. Kidd,

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Priscillia Siswara,

Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Jonathan C. Howard,

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Evan E. Eichler

* E-mail: eee@gs.washington.edu

Affiliations Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Death and Resurrection of the Human IRGM Gene

Cemalettin Bekpen,
Tomas Marques-Bonet,
Can Alkan,
Francesca Antonacci,
Maria Bruna Leogrande,
Mario Ventura,
Jeffrey M. Kidd,
Priscillia Siswara,
Jonathan C. Howard,
Evan E. Eichler

Published: March 6, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000403

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