Molecular phylogeny of metazoan intermediate filament proteins

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 751-762

  Erber, Andreas ^a   Riemer, Dieter ^a   Bovenschulte, Marc ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cephalochordata; Chaetognatha; Chordata; Deuterostomes; Intermediate filament proteins; Lophophorates; Platyhelminthes; Protostomes; Urochordata; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; METAZOON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATES; LAMINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANNELIDA; BRACHIOPODA; CEPHALOCHORDATA; CHAETOGNATHA; CHORDATA; ECHIURA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA; NEMERTEA; PHORONIFORMEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SIPUNCULA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032432844     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006434     Document Type: Article

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