Organization and nucleotide sequence of the cluster of five histone genes in the polichaete worm Chaetopterus variopedatus: First record of a H1 histone gene in the phylum annelida

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-73

  Del Gaudio, Rosanna ^a   Potenza, Nicoletta ^a   Stefanoni, Patrizia ^a   Chiusano, Maria L ^a   Geraci, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annelida; C. variopedatus; H1 gene; Histone gene cluster; mRNA double termination signal; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogenesis; Polychaete

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H1; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE LIBRARY; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYCHAETA; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANNELIDA; CHAETOPTERUS VARIOPEDATUS; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; POLYCHAETA; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 0031975297     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006284     Document Type: Article

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