Molecular evolution of the GATA family of transcription factors: Conservation within the DNA-binding domain

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-115

  Lowry, Jason A ^a   Atchley, William R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann entropy; DNA binding domain; GATA; Phylogeny; Predictive motif; Transcription factor; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ECHINODERM; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; TANDEM REPEAT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ACRASIDA; ARABIDOPSIS; ECHINODERMATA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYXOGASTRIA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033944801     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910012     Document Type: Article

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