Functional comparison of the nematode Hox gene lin-39 in C. elegans and P. pacificus reveals evolutionary conservation of protein function despite divergence of primary sequences

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 2161-2172

  Grandien, Kaj ^a,b   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Evolution; Hox genes; Pristionchus pacificus; Vulva development

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATOR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSGENE; VULVA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0035881938     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.200601     Document Type: Article

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