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Multigene Family

Known as: Families, Multigene, Family, Multigene, Multigene Families 
A set of genes descended by duplication and variation from some ancestral gene. Such genes may be clustered together on the same chromosome or… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Regulation and functional specialization of small RNA-target nodes during plant development.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Evolution of the regulators of G-protein signaling multigene family in mouse and human.
The regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins are important regulatory and structural components of G-protein coupled… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Molecular cloning of the cDNA for a human amyloid precursor protein homolog: evidence for a multigene family.
Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative neurological disorder characterized by neural loss and brain lesions associated with… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Ly-49 multigene family. New members of a superfamily of type II membrane proteins with lectin-like domains.
Ly-49 (YE1/48, A1) is a dimer protein expressed on subpopulations of murine NK cells. It is a member of a superfamily of type II… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Sequence and characterization of two auxin-regulated genes from soybean.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Nucleotide sequence of a member of the napin storage protein family from Brassica napus.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Anomalous placement of introns in a member of the intermediate filament multigene family: an evolutionary conundrum
The origin of introns and their role (if any) in gene expression, in the evolution of the genome, and in the generation of new… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Conservation and divergence in multigene families: alternatives to selection and drift.
It is generally assumed that conservation and divergence of DNA signify function (selection) and no function (drift… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Structure of the mouse glial fibrillary acidic protein gene: implications for the evolution of the intermediate filament multigene family.
We report the complete sequence of the gene encoding mouse glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), the intermediate filament (IF… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Structure, organization and evolution of developmentally regulated chorion genes in a silkmoth
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