Globin genes are present in Ciona intestinalis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1521-1525

  Ebner, Bettina ^a   Burmester, Thorsten ^a   Hankeln, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Cytoglobin; Hemocyanin; Hemoglobin; Intron; Neuroglobin

Indexed keywords

CYTOGLOBIN; DNA; GLOBIN; HEMERYTHRIN; HEMOCYANIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MYOGLOBIN; NEUROGLOBIN; OXYGEN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GLOBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042335879     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg164     Document Type: Article

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