Comparison of a vitellogenin gene between two distantly related rhabditid nematode species

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 674-684

  Winter, Carlos E ^a   Penha, Cristiane ^a   Blumenthal, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; gene expression; lipoprotein; nematode; Oscheius; Rhabditis; vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; EVOLUTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029927439     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025628     Document Type: Article

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