Functional specificity of the nematode Hox gene mab-5

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 983-993

  Gutierrez, Arturo ^a   Knoch, Lars ^a   Witte, Hanh ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Evolution; Hox genes; Pristionchus pacificus; Ray formation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

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

EID: 0037350558     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00320     Document Type: Review

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