Homeobox genes in the Ctenophora: Identification of paired-type and Hox homologues in the atentaculate ctenophore, Beroë ovata

Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-258

  Finnerty, John R ^a   Master, Viraj A ^a   Irvine, Steve ^a   Kourakis, Matthew J ^a   Warriner, Sonja ^a   Martindale, Mark Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COELENTERATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CNIDARIA; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BEROE; BEROE OVATA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COELENTERATA; METAZOA;

EID: 0030432001     PISSN: 10536426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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