Evolution of Developmental Genes: Molecular Microevolution of Enhancer Sequences at the Ubx Locus in Drosophila, and Its Impact on Developmental Phenotypes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 348-363

  Phinchongsakuldit, Jaros ^a   MacArthur, Stewart ^a   Brookfield, John F Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental evolution; Drosophila; Enhancer sequences; Molecular evolution; Phenocopy; Ulrabithorax

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, INSECT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1542376769     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh025     Document Type: Article

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