Metallothioneins in antarctic fish: Evidence for independent duplication and gene conversion

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 885-897

  Bargelloni, Luca ^a   Scudiero, Rosaria ^b   Parisi, Elio ^c   Carginale, Vincenzo ^c   Capasso, Clemente ^c   Patarnello, Tomaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Evolution; Gene conversion; Metallothioneins

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELEOST; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; NOTOTHENIA CORIICEPS; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0032970341     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026178     Document Type: Article

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