Exon-intron structure and evolution of the lipocalin gene family

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 775-783

  Sánchez, Diego ^a   Ganfornina, María D ^a   Gutiérrez, Gabriel ^b   Marín, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calycin; Exon intron; Gene phylogeny; Intron evolution; Lipocalin; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

LIPOCALIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHORDATA; EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOCTISTA;

EID: 0037694045     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg079     Document Type: Article

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