Evidence for the derivation of the Drosophila fushi tarazu gene from a Hox gene orthologous to lophotrochozoan Lox5

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 349-352

  Telford, Maximilian J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTHROPOD; CLONED GENE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FUSHI TARAZU GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMEOBOX; HOMEOTIC GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; PHYLOGENY; TRIBOLIUM;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CHILOPODA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; SCHISTOCERCA;

EID: 0034704767     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00387-0     Document Type: Article

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