Molecular evolution of a sex determination protein: FEM-2 (PP2C) in Caenorhabditis

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1353-1369

  Hansen, Dave ^a   Pilgrim, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031854705     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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