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having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function; "the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous"
corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species; "a homologous tissue graft"

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Functional interrogation of an odorant receptor locus reveals multiple axes of transcriptional regulation.

Fleischmann A, Abdus-Saboor I, Sayed A, Shykind B.SourceCenter for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, College de France, Paris, France.
PLoS biology.PLoS Biol.2013 May;11(5):e1001568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001568. Epub 2013 May 21.
The odorant receptor (OR) genes constitute the largest mammalian gene family and are expressed in a monogenic and monoallelic fashion, through an unknown mechanism that likely exploits positive and negative regulation. We devised a genetic strategy in mice to examine OR selection by determining the
PMID 23700388

Characterization of new G protein-coupled adenine receptors in mouse and hamster.

Thimm D, Knospe M, Abdelrahman A, Moutinho M, Alsdorf BB, von Kügelgen I, Schiedel AC, Müller CE.SourcePharmaCenter Bonn, Pharmaceutical Institute, Pharmaceutical Chemistry I, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 4, 53121, Bonn, Germany.
Purinergic signalling.Purinergic Signal.2013 Apr 23. [Epub ahead of print]
The nucleobase adenine has previously been reported to activate G protein-coupled receptors in rat and mouse. Adenine receptors (AdeR) thus constitute a new family of purine receptors, for which the designation "P0-receptors" has been suggested. We now describe the cloning and characterization of tw
PMID 23608776

Extracellular vesicle-mediated transfer of donor genomic DNA to recipient cells is a novel mechanism for genetic influence between cells.

Cai J, Han Y, Ren H, Chen C, He D, Zhou L, Eisner GM, Asico LD, Jose PA, Zeng C.SourceDepartment of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
Journal of molecular cell biology.J Mol Cell Biol.2013 Apr 11. [Epub ahead of print]
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry signals within or at their limiting membranes, providing a mechanism by which cells can exchange more complex information than what was previously thought. In addition to mRNAs and microRNAs, there are DNA fragments in EVs. Solexa sequencing indicated the presence
PMID 23580760

Development of humanized steroid and xenobiotic receptor mouse by homologous knock-in of the human steroid and xenobiotic receptor ligand binding domain sequence