Evolution of vertebrate E protein transcription factors: Comparative analysis of the E protein gene family in Takifugu rubripes and humans

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2005, Pages 144-151

  Hikima, Jun Ichi ^a   Lennard, Mara L ^a   Wilson, Melanie R ^b   Miller, Norman W ^b   Clem, L William ^b   Warr, Gregory W ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hollings Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Catfish; Comparative immunology; Gene structure; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

E PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CATFISHES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; TAKIFUGU;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21244494779     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00312.2004     Document Type: Article

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