"Multigene Family" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A set of genes descended by duplication and variation from some ancestral gene. Such genes may be clustered together on the same chromosome or dispersed on different chromosomes. Examples of multigene families include those that encode the hemoglobins, immunoglobulins, histocompatibility antigens, actins, tubulins, keratins, collagens, heat shock proteins, salivary glue proteins, chorion proteins, cuticle proteins, yolk proteins, and phaseolins, as well as histones, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA genes. The latter three are examples of reiterated genes, where hundreds of identical genes are present in a tandem array. (King & Stanfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D005810
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.340.024.340.645
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| Concept/Terms |
Multigene Family- Multigene Family
- Families, Multigene
- Family, Multigene
- Multigene Families
Gene Clusters- Gene Clusters
- Cluster, Gene
- Clusters, Gene
- Gene Cluster
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Multigene Family" by people in Profiles.
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Long Noncoding RNA MIAT Modulates the Extracellular Matrix Deposition in Leiomyomas by Sponging MiR-29 Family. Endocrinology. 2021 11 01; 162(11).
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Modulation of transforming growth factor-ß/follistatin signaling and white adipose browning: therapeutic implications for obesity related disorders. Horm Mol Biol Clin Investig. 2017 Sep 09; 31(2).
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Diversity and specialization of mammalian SWI/SNF complexes. Genes Dev. 1996 Sep 01; 10(17):2117-30.
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Mapping of multiple mouse loci related to the farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase gene. Mamm Genome. 1993; 4(4):211-9.
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Organization of the human lipoprotein lipase gene and evolution of the lipase gene family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Dec; 86(24):9647-51.