Protein Evolution: Structure-Function Relationships of the Oncogene Beta-Catenin in the Evolution of Multicellular Animals

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-44

  Schneider, Stephan Q ^a   Finnerty, John R ^b   Martindale, Mark Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOMICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0037762832     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.6     Document Type: Article

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