High sequence similarity within ras exons 1 and 2 in different mammalian species and phylogenetic divergence of the ras gene family

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-219

  Watzinger, F ^a   Mayr, B ^b   Haring, E ^c   Lion, T ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANINE; CAT; DOG; EXON; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; MOUSE; MURINE; ONCOGENE RAS; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CATTLE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; EXONS; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES;

BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CRICETINAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032033823     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900728     Document Type: Article

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