The ParaHox gene cluster is an evolutionary sister of the Hox gene cluster

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6679, 1998, Pages 920-922

  Brooke, Nina M ^a   Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^b   Holland, Peter W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM;

EID: 2642713364     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/31933     Document Type: Article

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