Signal sequence conservation and mature peptide divergence within subgroups of the murine β-defensin gene family

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 460-470

  Morrison, Gillian M ^a   Semple, Colin A M ^a   Kilanowski, Fiona M ^a   Hill, Robert E ^a   Dorin, Julia R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

defensin; Adaptive evolution; Mus musculus; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 8; DRUG DESIGN; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; CONTIG MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037357556     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg060     Document Type: Article

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