The NK Homeobox Gene Cluster Predates the Origin of Hox Genes

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 706-710

  Larroux, Claire ^a   Fahey, Bryony ^a   Degnan, Sandie M ^a   Adamski, Marcin ^a   Rokhsar, Daniel S ^b,c   Degnan, Bernard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COELENTERATE; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; CNIDARIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTROPODA; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENOME; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PORIFERA;

AMPHIMEDON; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; EUMETAZOA; METAZOA;

EID: 34047262520     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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