The amplification of oligonucleotide themes in the evolution of the myc protooncogene family

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 512-524

  Doskočil, Jiří ^a   Dvorak, Michal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Domain evolution; Evolutionary potential; Hierarchy of amplifications; Intragenic repeats; myc Protooncogenes; Oligonucleotide amplification; Periodic structures; Primeval genes; Punctuated equilibria

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE MYC; POINT MUTATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MYC; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0029884904     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02352281     Document Type: Article

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