"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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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 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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Elevated DNA methylation across a 48-kb region spanning the HOXA gene cluster is associated with Alzheimer's disease neuropathology. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 12; 14(12):1580-1588.
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A candidate regulatory variant at the TREM gene cluster associates with decreased Alzheimer's disease risk and increased TREML1 and TREM2 brain gene expression. Alzheimers Dement. 2017 Jun; 13(6):663-673.
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Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders. Am J Hum Genet. 2014 May 01; 94(5):677-94.
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Inactivation of the microRNA-183/96/182 cluster results in syndromic retinal degeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 05; 110(6):E507-16.
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Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Nat Genet. 2011 May; 43(5):436-41.
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CpG island hypermethylation in human astrocytomas. Cancer Res. 2010 Apr 01; 70(7):2718-27.
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The erythromycin biosynthetic gene cluster of Aeromicrobium erythreum. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2004 Aug; 31(7):335-44.
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Two patients with overlapping de novo duplications of the long arm of chromosome 9, including one case with Di George sequence. Am J Med Genet. 1994 Jan 01; 49(1):67-73.
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The Drosophila melanogaster RPS17 gene encoding ribosomal protein S17. Gene. 1989 Jul 15; 79(2):289-98.