Conserved and novel Wnt clusters in the basal eumetazoan Nematostella vectensis

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-239

  Sullivan, James C ^a   Ryan, Joseph F ^b   Mullikin, James C ^c   Finnerty, John R ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evo devo; Evolution; Geneclusters; Wnt

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT10 PROTEIN; WNT2 PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT5 PROTEIN; WNT6 PROTEIN; WNT7 PROTEIN; WNT8 PROTEIN; WNT9 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GERM LAYER; METAZOON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEA ANEMONES; WNT PROTEINS;

ACTINIARIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUMETAZOA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 33847654232     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-007-0136-5     Document Type: Article

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