Genes coding for intermediate filament proteins closely related to the hagfish "thread keratins (TK)" α and γ also exist in lamprey, teleosts and amphibians

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 312, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1447-1462

  Schaffeld, Michael ^a   Schultess, Jan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma; Cephalochordates; Evolution, hagfish; Gene structure; Lamprey; Styela; Thread keratin; Urochordates; Xenopus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; KERATIN; THREAD KERATIN ALPHA PROTEIN; THREAD KERATIN GAMMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; HAGFISH; LAMPREY; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TELEOST;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; DANIO RERIO; HAGFISH; PETROMYZONTIDAE; STYELA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33646134612     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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