Evolution of the gene families forming the Pax/Six regulatory network: Isolation of genes from primitive animals and molecular phylogenetic analyses

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1639-1643

  Hoshiyama, Daisuke ^a   Iwabe, Naoyuki ^b   Miyata, Takashi ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Waseda University ^*  (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Eye development; Gene duplication; Porifera; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); EUMETAZOA; METAZOA; PORIFERA;

EID: 34047159958     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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