Molecular evolution of GH in primates: Charactericsation of the GH genes from slow loris and marmoset defines an episode of rapid evolutionary change

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-258

  Wallis, O C ^a   Zhang, Y P ^a   Wallis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GROWTH HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRON; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CALLITHRIX; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GROWTH HORMONE; LORISIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034981164     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0260249     Document Type: Article

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