Evolution of bHLH transcription factors: Modular evolution by domain shuffling?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1654-1663

  Morgenstern, Burkhard ^a   Atchley, William R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix domain; Modular evolution; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny; Sequence alignment; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032751751     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026079     Document Type: Article

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