Estimation of Hox gene cluster number in lampreys

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 617-620

  Sharman, Anna C ^a,b   Holland, Peter W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene cluster; Homeobox; Hox cluster; Vertebrate development

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOMEOBOX; LAMPREY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LAMPREYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LAMPETRA; MAMMALIA; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031780257     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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