Molecular cloning and sequencing of the Na+/K+-ATPase α-subunit of the medical leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida) - Implications for modelling protostomian evolution

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-342

  Kusche, K ^a   Bangel, N ^a   Mueller, C ^b   Hildebrandt, J P ^b   Weber, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articulata; Ecdysozoa; Hirudo medicinalis; Lophotrochozoa; Na+ K+ ATPase cDNA sequence

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; LEECH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BILATERIA; ECDYSOZOA; EUKARYOTA; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOSTOMIA;

EID: 28444442658     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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