Comparison of three actin-coding sequences in the mouse; Evolutionary relationships between the actin genes of warm-blooded vertebrates

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 11-22

  Alonso, Serge ^a   Minty, Adrian ^a   Bourlet, Yves ^a   Buckingham, Margaret ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Actin coding regions; Codon usage; Conversion; Evolution; Sequence divergence

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEREDITY;

ACTINS; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENES, STRUCTURAL; HUMAN; MICE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022446621     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02100994     Document Type: Article

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