Phylogenomic analysis of vertebrate thrombospondins reveals fish-specific paralogues, ancestral gene relationships and a tetrapod innovation

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McKenzie, Patrick ^a   Chadalavada, Seetharam C ^a   Bohrer, Justin ^a   Adams, Josephine C ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; THROMBOSPONDIN 2; THROMBOSPONDIN 3; THROMBOSPONDIN 4; THROMBOSPONDIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENY; PUFFER FISH; SYNTENY; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; FISH; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DANIO RERIO; TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNTENY; THROMBOSPONDINS;

EID: 33646771386     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-33     Document Type: Article

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