Phylogenetic analysis of Hoxa 11 sequences reveals absence of transposable elements, conservation of transcription factor binding sites, and suggests antisense coding function

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 77-83

  Bodenmiller, Diane M ^a   Baxter, C Stuart ^b   Hansen, David V ^a   Potter, S Steven ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Hox genes; Phylogenetic footprint; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TLX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TLX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, ANTISENSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0036527613     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170290029981     Document Type: Article

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