Cloning and phylogenetic analysis of an amphioxus myogenic bHLH gene AmphiMDF

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 301, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 960-967

  Yuan, Jinduo ^a   Zhang, Shicui ^a   Liu, Zhenhui ^a   Luan, Zhidong ^b   Hu, Gengxi ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Archetype; Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense; Evolution; Myogenic bHLH gene; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MYOD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BHLH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037459038     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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