Hemoglobins from bacteria to man: Evolution of different patterns of gene expression

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1099-1117

  Hardison, Ross ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosequence alignment; Evolution; Globin gene; Hemoglobin; Locus control region; Phylogenetic footprints; Promoter

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUTHERIA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0032052216     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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