Evolution of dnmt-2 and mbd-2-like genes in the free-living nematodes Pristionchus pacificus, Caenorhabditis elegans and Caenorhabditis briggsae

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 6388-6396

  Gutierrez, Arturo ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; HOX PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; RNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; LARVAL STAGE; METAZOON; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; WORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 13444279047     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh982     Document Type: Article

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