Molecular evolution of Hox gene regulation: Cloning and transgenic analysis of the lamprey HoxQ8 gene

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-85

  Carr, Janet L ^a   Shashikant, Cooduvalli S ^a   Bailey, Wendy J ^a,d   Ruddle, Frank H ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c 1010 KBT/Dept of MCDB   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; LAMPREY; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LAMPREYS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031962457     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980101)280:1<73::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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