The structural organization of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, calmodulin genes. The vicissitude of introns during the evolution of calmodulin genes

Gene

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 163-169

  Yuasa, Hajime Julie ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Takagi, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exon intron organization; Intron sliding; Isoforms; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALMODULIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0033580389     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00028-1     Document Type: Article

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