Characterization of AmphiF-spondin reveals the modular evolution of chordate F-spondin genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1218-1223

  Shimeld, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Exon shuffling; F spondin; Thrombospondin repeat; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; THROMBOSPONDIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHORDATA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031873866     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026029     Document Type: Article

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