The glycophorin A gene family in Gorillas: Structure, expression, and comparison with the human and chimpanzee homologues

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 59-76

  Xie, Shen Si ^a   Huang, Cheng Han ^b   Reid, Marion E ^b   Blancher, Antoine ^c   Blumenfeld, Olga O ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene expression; Gene family; Glycophorins; Gorilla

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN A;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GORILLA; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOPHORIN; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANTHROPOIDEA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030746308     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022212630370     Document Type: Article

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