Type I antifreeze proteins: Possible origins from chorion and keratin genes in Atlantic snailfish

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 417-424

  Evans, Robert P ^a,b   Fletcher, Garth L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antifreeze; Chorion; Keratin; Liver; Protein; Snailfish; Type I

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FISH PROTEIN; ICE; KERATIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA LIBRARY; FISH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS, TYPE I; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; GENE LIBRARY; KERATINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MYOXOCEPHALUS SCORPIUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 26244439851     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0067-y     Document Type: Article

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