Evolution of the larval cuticle proteins coded by the secondary sex chromosome pair: X2 and neo-Y of Drosophila miranda: II. Comparison at the amino acid sequence level

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-417

  Steinemann, Manfred ^a   Steinemann, Sigrid ^a   Pinsker, Wilhelm ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conserved protein motifs; Cuticle proteins (LCP); Drosophila; Gene phylogeny; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA MIRANDA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029843090     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006100     Document Type: Article

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