Comparative analyses reveal a complex history of molecular evolution for human MYH16

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 379-382

  Perry, George H ^a   Verrelli, Brian C ^a   Stone, Anne C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaca mulatta; MYH16; Pan troglodytes; Sarcomeric myosin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MYOSIN; SARCOMERIC MYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTRON; MACACA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYH16 GENE; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSEUDOGENE; SARCOMERE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 14544301941     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi004     Document Type: Article

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