Evolution of a multigene family that encodes the Kunitz chymotrypsin inhibitor in winged bean: A possible intermediate in the generation of a new gene with a distinct pattern of expression

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-80

  Habu, Y ^a,b   Peyachoknagul, S ^a,c   Sakata, Y ^a,d   Fukasawa, K ^a   Ohno, T ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene conversion; Kunitz proteinase inhibitor; Multigene family; New gene

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BEAN; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONVERSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FABACEAE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PSOPHOCARPUS TETRAGONOLOBUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030935950     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050392     Document Type: Article

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