Identification of a Second egfr Gene in Xiphophorus Uncovers an Expansion of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family in Fish

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 266-275

  Gómez, Ana ^a,b   Volff, Jean Nicolas ^a   Hornung, Ute ^a   Schartl, Manfred ^a   Wellbrock, Claudia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EGF receptor; Gene duplication; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; LIGAND; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 1542376811     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh017     Document Type: Article

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