Sea urchin Hox genes: Insights into the ancestral Hox cluster

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1078-1086

  Popodi, Ellen ^a   Kissinger, Jessica C ^b   Andrews, Mary E ^a   Raff, Rudolf A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ancestral Hox cluster; echinoderms; Heliocidaris erythrogramma; Hox homeobox; radial symmetry; sea urchin

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; HELIOCIDARIS ERYTHROGRAMMA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029998062     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025670     Document Type: Article

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