Embryonic expression and evolution of duplicated E-protein genes in Xenopus laevis: Parallels with ancestral E-protein genes

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 345-353

  Shain, Daniel H ^a,b   Neuman, Toomas ^a,c   Zuber, Mauricio X ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030945974     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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