Diversity of the troponin C genes during chordate evolution

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1180-1190

  Yuasa, Hajime J ^a   Cox, Jos A ^b   Takagi, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Evolution; Frog; Lamprey; Troponin C

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; TROPONIN C;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FROG; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; LAMPREY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031778467     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022059     Document Type: Article

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