Molecular evolution at the decapentaplegic locus in Drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 297-309

  Newfeld, Stuart J ^f   Padgett, Richard W ^b   Findley, Seth D ^c   Richter, Brent G ^a   Sanicola, Michele ^d   De Cuevas, Margaret ^e   Gelbart, William M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BIOGEN   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031022497     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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