Convergent evolution of gene networks by single-gene duplications in higher eukaryotes

EMBO Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 274-279

  Amoutzias, Gregory D ^a   Robertson, David L ^a   Oliver, Stephen G ^a   Bornberg Bauer, Erich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

bHLH protein; Convergent evolution; Gene duplication; Protein interaction networks

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEOMICS; REPRESSOR GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 2442631981     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400096     Document Type: Article

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