Molecular evolution of the synapsin gene family

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 360-377

  Kao, Hung Teh ^a,b   Porton, Barbara ^a   Hilfiker, Sabine ^a   Stefani, Giovanni ^a   Pieribone, Vincent A ^a,c   DeSalle, Rob ^d   Greengard, Paul ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; SYNAPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSINS; VERTEBRATES;

ANURA; BOS TAURUS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CEPHALOPODA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; LAMPETRA FLUVIATILIS; LOLIGO PEALEI; MELANOGASTER; PETROMYZONTIDAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033573195     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991215)285:4<360::AID-JEZ4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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