Extensive sequence conservation among insect, nematode, and vertebrate vitellogenins reveals ancient common ancestry

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 440-451

  Chen, Jeng Shong ^a   Sappington, Thomas W ^a   Raikhel, Alexander S ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eggs; Lipoproteins; Oviparous animals; Vitellin; Vitellogenins; Yolk

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; VITELLOGENIN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EGG YOLK; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INSECT; NEMATODE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VERTEBRATE; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VERTEBRATES; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030934540     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006164     Document Type: Article

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