Evidence for a dispersed Hox gene cluster in the platyhelminth parasite Schistosoma mansoni

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2491-2503

  Pierce, Raymond J ^a   Wu, Wenjie ^a,h   Hirai, Hirohisa ^b   Ivens, Al ^c   Murphy, Lee D ^c   Noël, Christophe ^d   Johnston, David A ^e   Artiguenave, François ^f   Adams, Martin ^a   Cornette, Jocelyne ^a   Viscogliosi, Eric ^a   Capron, Monique ^a   Balavoine, Guillaume ^g  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Genome; Hox gene; Lophotrochozoa; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 4; COMPUTER MODEL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; INTRON; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BILATERIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSOZOA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 27844575145     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi239     Document Type: Article

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