Why are human G-protein-coupled receptors predominantly intronless?

Trends Genet. 1999 Feb;15(2):47-9. doi: 10.1016/s0168-9525(98)01648-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Composition
  • DNA Transposable Elements / genetics
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • GTP-Binding Proteins*
  • Genes
  • Humans
  • Introns*
  • Invertebrates / genetics
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / classification
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics*
  • Retroviridae / genetics
  • Vertebrates / genetics

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • GTP-Binding Proteins