Evolution of chordate actin genes: Evidence from genomic organization and amino acid sequences

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-298

  Kusakabe, Takehiro ^a,b,c   Araki, Isato ^c   Satoh, Noriyuki ^c   Jeffery, William R ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Ascidians; Chordates; Cytoplasmic actin; Introns; Multigene family; Muscle actin; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CYTOPLASM; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031025671     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006146     Document Type: Article

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