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In this study the large scale identification and pathway enrichment analysis for bidirectional genes were performed in several eukaryotes and the comparative analysis of this arrangement between human and mouse were dissected for the purpose of discovering the driving force of the preservation of this genomic structure.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We identified the bidirectional gene pairs in eight different species and found this structure to be prevalent in eukaryotes. The pathway enrichment analysis indicated the bidirectional genes at the genome level are conserved in certain pathways, such as the DNA repair and some other fundamental cellular pathways. The comparative analysis about the gene expression, function, between human and mouse bidirectional genes were also performed and we observed that the selective force of this architecture doesn't derive from the co-regulation between paired genes, but the functional bias of bidirectional genes at whole genome level is observed strengthened during evolution.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Our result validated the coexpression of bidirectional genes; however failed to support their functional relevance. The conservation of bidirectional promoters seems not the result of functional connection between paired genes, but the functional bias at whole genome level, which imply that the genome-wide functional constraint is important for the conservation of bidirectional structure.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1752-0509-6-s1-s21","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,24]],"date-time":"2013-06-24T14:01:56Z","timestamp":1372082516000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["The preservation of bidirectional promoter architecture in eukaryotes: what is the driving force?"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Chao","family":"Xu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Jiajia","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Bairong","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,16]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"890_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"62","DOI":"10.1101\/gr.1982804","volume":"14","author":"ND Trinklein","year":"2004","unstructured":"Trinklein ND, Aldred SF, Hartman SJ, Schroeder DI, Otillar RP, Myers RM: An abundance of bidirectional promoters in the human genome. 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