Evolution of chromatin-remodeling complexes: Comparative genomics reveals the ancient origin of "novel" compensasome genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 527-539

  Marín, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Comparative genomics; Dosage compensation; Enhancer of Zeste

Indexed keywords

COMPENSASOME; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MSL 1 PROTEIN; MSL 2 PROTEIN; MSLS PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INVERTEBRATE; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037403653     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2422-1     Document Type: Article

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