Comparative genome analysis of the Neurexin gene family in Danio rerio: Insights into their functions and evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 236-252

  Rissone, Alberto ^a   Monopoli, Matteo ^b   Beltrame, Monica ^b   Bussolino, Federico ^a   Cotelli, Franco ^b   Arese, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Evolution; Neurexins; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

NEUREXIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ARANEAE; DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845884040     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl147     Document Type: Article

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