Origins and evolutionary diversification of the nuclear receptor superfamily

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 809-827

  Owen, G I ^a   Zelent, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthopod; Chromosome; Development; Genome duplication; HOX genes; Metazoa; Nematode; Phylogenetic tree; Retinoic acid; Steroid receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; LIGAND; RETINOIC ACID; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTHROPOD; DNA BINDING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; METAZOON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARTHROPODA; CHORDATA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034086140     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050043     Document Type: Review

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