Gene duplication and recruitment of a specific tropomyosin into striated muscle cells in the jellyfish Podocoryne carnea

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 378-386

  Gröger, Hans ^a   Callaerts, Patrick ^b   Gehring, Walter Jürgen ^c   Schmid, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPOMYOSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SCYPHOZOA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; HYDROZOA; METAZOA; PODOCORYNE CARNEA;

EID: 0343412656     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991215)285:4<378::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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