Genome-wide analysis of the globin gene family of C. elegans

IUBMB Life

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 697-702

  Hoogewijs, David ^a   Geuens, Eva ^b   Dewilde, Sylvia ^b   Moens, Luc ^b   Vierstraete, Andy ^a   Vinogradov, Serge ^c   Vanfleteren, Jacques M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Globins; Oxygen affinity

Indexed keywords

GLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHIMERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENOME; GENOMICS; GLOBINS; PSEUDOGENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 17144377493     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500037562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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