A comparison of Hox3 and Zen protein coding sequences in taxa that span the Hox3/zen divergence

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-329

  Panfilio, Kristen Anne ^a   Akam, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryonicdevelopment; Genes,duplicate; Hox3protein; Molecular evolution; Zenprotein, insect

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARTHROPODA; BILATERIA; CHILOPODA; FOLSOMIA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HEXAPODA; STRIGAMIA MARITIMA; THERMOBIA; THERMOBIA DOMESTICA;

EID: 34047172093     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-007-0133-8     Document Type: Article

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