Characterization of homeodomain-leucine zipper genes in the fern Ceratopteris richardii and the evolution of the homeodomain-leucine zipper gene family in vascular plants

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 544-552

  Aso, Kumi ^a   Kato, Masahiro ^a   Banks, Jo Ann ^c   Hasebe, Mitsuyasu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ceratopteris; Fern; Gene family; Homeobox; Leucine zipper; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; FERN; GENE EXPRESSION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEX DETERMINATION;

BRYOPHYTES; CERATOPTERIS; CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032955931     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026135     Document Type: Article

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