Peptides encoded by short ORFs control development and define a new eukaryotic gene family

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1052-1062

  Galindo, Máximo Ibo ^a   Pueyo, José Ignacio ^a   Fouix, Sylvaine ^a   Bishop, Sarah Anne ^a   Couso, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEOMICS; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; TARSAL LESS GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIMB; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TARSAL LESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TARSAL-LESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSALDOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSALDOLASE;

EID: 34249021370     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050106     Document Type: Article

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