The mutually exclusive flip and flop exons of AMPA receptor genes were derived from an intragenic duplication in the vertebrate lineage

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-131

  Chen, Yu Chia ^a   Lin, Wei Hsiang ^a   Tzeng, Der Wang ^a   Chow, Wei Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alternative splice; AMPA preferring receptor; Exon duplication; Ionotropic glutamate receptor

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUPLICATE GENE; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, DUPLICATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 33748124260     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0291-5     Document Type: Article

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