Abstract
A mouse α-globin-related pseudogene (ψα30.5) completely lacks intervening sequences, and could not code for a functional globin polypeptide because of frameshifts. The widespread occurrence of globin pseudogenes in other species suggests that they are not ‘dead’ genes but may be important in controlling globin expression.
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Vanin, E., Goldberg, G., Tucker, P. et al. A mouse α-globin-related pseudogene lacking intervening sequences. Nature 286, 222–226 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/286222a0
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