The evolutionary origin of animal cellulose synthase

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-88

  Nakashima, Keisuke ^a   Yamada, Lixy ^a   Satou, Yutaka ^a   Azuma, Jun Ichi ^a   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Cellulose synthase gene; Evolution; Lateral gene transfer; Urochordates

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UROCHORDATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 1542375428     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0379-8     Document Type: Article

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