The gene for a cytoplasmic intermediate filament (IF) protein of the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii; definition of the unique features of chordate IF proteins

Gene

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 187-193

  Zimek, Alexander ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chordates; Deuterostomes; Hemichordates; Intermediate filament; Metazoa; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LAMIN;

ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CHORDATA; HEMICHORDATA; METAZOA; PRIAPULIDA; PRIAPULUS; PRIAPULUS CAUDATUS; SACCOGLOSSUS; SACCOGLOSSUS KOWALEVSKII;

EID: 0037123370     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00484-5     Document Type: Article

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