Evolution of regulatory elements producing a conserved gene expression pattern in Caenorhabditis

Evolution and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 237-245

  Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Greenberg, Jennifer F ^a   Chamberlin, Helen M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EGL 38 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-38 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN 48 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN-48 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEMATODE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 3242681708     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2004.04029.x     Document Type: Article

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