Phylogenetic analysis of the human basic helix-loop-helix proteins

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Ledent, Valérie ^a   Paquet, Odier ^a   Vervoort, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Additional Data File; bHLH Gene; bHLH Protein; Mouse Gene; Orthology Relationship

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DATABASE;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHICKENS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS;

EID: 18744421788     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-6-research0030     Document Type: Article

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