A complex pattern of evolutionary conservation and alternative polyadenylation within the long 3"-untranslated region of the methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 gene (MeCP2) suggests a regulatory role in gene expression.

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Published in Hum Mol Genet on July 01, 1999

Authors

J F Coy1, Z Sedlacek, D Bächner, H Delius, A Poustka

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1: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.

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