The structure and organization of lamprin genes: Multiple-copy genes with alternative splicing and convergent evolution with insect structural proteins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1739-1752

  Robson, Paul ^a,b,e   Wright, Glenda M ^c   Youson, John H ^d   Keeley, Fred W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Convergent evolution; Extracellular matrix; Lamprey

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELASTIN; LAMPRIN; MESSENGER RNA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EXON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INSECT; LAMPREY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LAMPETRA RICHARDSONI; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 0033744203     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026272     Document Type: Article

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