The α-globin gene family of an Australian marsupial, Macropus eugenii: The long evolutionary history of the θ-globin gene and its functional status in mammals

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 653-664

  Cooper, Steven J B ^a,b   Wheeler, David ^b   Hope, Rory M ^b   Dolman, Gaynor ^a,e   Saint, Kathleen M ^a   Gooley, Andrew A ^c   Holland, Robert A B ^d  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Proteome Systems Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha globin; Globin gene evolution; Macropus eugenii; Marsupial; Tammar wallaby; Theta globin; Zeta globin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; PROTEIN; THETA GLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLOBINS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MACROPODIDAE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 21244443861     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0247-9     Document Type: Article

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