The basic helix-loop-helix protein family: Comparative genomics and phylogenetic analysis

Genome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 754-770

  Ledent, Valérie ^a   Vervoort, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; LETTER; METAZOON; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; VERTEBRATE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, INSECT; GENOMICS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035001937     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.177001     Document Type: Letter

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