Pax-6 origins - Implications from the structure of two coral Pax genes

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 352-356

  Catmull, Julian ^a   Hayward, David C ^b   McIntyre, Naomi E ^a   Reece Hoyes, John S ^a   Mastro, Rebecca ^a   Callaerts, Patrick ^c,d   Ball, Eldon E ^b   Miller, David J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Acropora; Coral; Homeobox; Paired box; Pax 6

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; CORAL; EVOLUTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMEOBOX; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACROPORA; ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; MILLEPORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031679511     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050191     Document Type: Article

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