Evolutionary selection pressure and family relationships among connexin genes

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 388, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-264

  Cruciani, Véronique ^a   Mikalsen, Svein Ole ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Gene family; Genome databases; Species specific genes

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PUFFER FISH; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPINE;

CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DANIO RERIO; HALOCYNTHIA PYRIFORMIS; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; TETRAODONTIDAE; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 33847626398     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2007.028     Document Type: Article

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