Conservation and novelty in the evolution of cell adhesion and extracellular matrix genes

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5455, 2000, Pages 989-1010

  Hutter, Harald ^a   Vogel, Bruce E ^b   Plenefisch, John D ^c   Norris, Carolyn R ^b   Proenca, Rui B ^b   Spieth, John ^d   Guo, Chaobo ^b   Mastwal, Surjeet ^b   Zhu, Xiaoping ^b,f   Scheel, Jochen ^e   Hedgecock, Edward M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHITINASE; COLLAGEN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; ENTACTIN; FIBULIN; HISTONE; INTEGRIN; LATROPHILIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NEUREXIN; OSTEONECTIN; PERLECAN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CHORDATA; EUCHROMATIN; EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CLUSTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; METAZOON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHROMATIN; EUCHROMATIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHORDATA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034635465     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5455.989     Document Type: Review

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