Evolution of the "OR37" subfamily of olfactory receptors: A cross-species comparison

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 460-472

  Hoppe, Reiner ^a   Lambert, Thomas D ^a   Samollow, Paul B ^b   Breer, Heinz ^a   Strotmann, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensory system; Gene regulation; Mammalia; Olfactory receptor; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ANTEATER; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OPOSSUM; PHYLOGENY; PLATYPUS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SMELLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; PLATYPUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; PROTOTHERIA;

EID: 33645516352     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0093-4     Document Type: Article

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