Evolutionary conservation of gene structures of the Pax1/9 gene family

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1492, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 517-521

  Hetzer Egger, Claudia ^a   Schorpp, Michael ^a   Boehm, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Evolution; Pax gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034710267     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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