Origin and diversification of the basic helix-loop-helix gene family in metazoans: Insights from comparative genomics

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Simionato, Elena ^a   Ledent, Valérie ^b   Richards, Gemma ^c   Thomas Chollier, Morgane ^b,d   Kerner, Pierre ^a   Coornaert, David ^b   Degnan, Bernard M ^c   Vervoort, Michel ^a,e  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMPHIMEDON QUEENSLANDICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COELENTERATE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDRA MAGNIPAPILLATA; METAZOON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMPHIMEDON; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; HYDRA MAGNIPAPILLATA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENOMICS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 33947252158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-33     Document Type: Article

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