Genomic organization of the Hoxa4-Hoxa10 region from Morone saxatilis: Implications for Hox gene evolution among vertebrates

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-49

  Snell, Elizabeth A ^a   Scemama, Jean Luc ^a   Stellwag, Edmund J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; GENOME ORGANIZATION; HOX GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0033560950     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990415)285:1<41::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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