A simplified explanation for the frameshift mutation that created a novel C-terminal motif in the APETALA3 gene lineage

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kramer, Elena M ^a   Su, Huei Jiun ^b   Wu, Cheng Chiang ^a,b   Hu, Jer Ming ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN AP3; PROTEIN APETALA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; APETALA 3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APETALA3 GENE; ARTICLE; BUXACEAE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC LINE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; BUXACEAE; CORE EUDICOTYLEDONS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TROCHODENDRACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33746300556     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-30     Document Type: Article

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