Orthologs and paralogs of regA, a master cell-type regulatory gene in Volvox carteri

Current Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-72

  Duncan, Leonard ^a,c   Nishii, Ichiro ^a,d   Howard, Alicia ^b   Kirk, David ^a   Miller, Stephen M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Cumbre Inc   (United States)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germ soma differentiation; Green algae; SAND domain; Terminal differentiation; Volvocine algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL GENETICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VOLVOX;

ALGAE, GREEN; ALGAL PROTEINS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, ALGAL; EXONS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REGULATOR; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID PROBES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VOLVOX;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI; VOLVOX CARTERI F. KAWASAKIENSIS;

EID: 33745142147     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-006-0071-4     Document Type: Article

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