Analysis of homologous gene clusters in Caenorhabditis elegans reveals striking regional cluster domains

Genetics

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-143

  Thomas, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME ARM; DETOXIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CODON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33644753861     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.040030     Document Type: Article

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