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pseudogene
Vestigial relatives of known genes no longer expressed.
They may retain gene-like features including promoter elements, CpG islands & splice sites.
Features that suggest a pseudogene include:
- lack of introns
- truncation of a TATA box
- lack of ESTs
- lack of stop codon
Specific
A-raf2 pseudogene
argininosuccinate synthetase pseudogene
B-raf2 pseudogene
hemoglobin zeta pseudogene
phosphoglycerate kinase 1 pseudogene
raf2 proto-oncogene
Xg blood group pseudogene
zinc finger protein 29 pseudogene (ZNF29, kox26)
General
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
References
http://en.wkippedia.org/wiki/Pseudogene