Characterization of the Hydra lamin and its gene: A molecular phylogeny of metazoan lamins

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 260-271

  Erber, Andreas ^a   Riemer, Dieter ^a   Hofemeister, Helmut ^a   Bovenschulte, Marc ^a   Stick, Reimer ^a,c   Panopoulou, Georgia ^b   Lehrach, Hans ^b   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cephalochordate; Cnidaria; Coiled coil; Gene organization; Hydra; Lamin; Metazoa; Phylogeny; Priapulus; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

LAMIN; LAMIN A; LAMIN B;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CNIDARIA; DROSOPHILA; ECHINODERMATA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENES; HYDRA; INTRONS; INVERTEBRATES; LAMINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AMPHIBIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DANIO; ECHINODERMATA; HYDRA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PRIAPULIDAE; PRIAPULUS; TEALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032801145     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006548     Document Type: Article

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