Molecular evolution of monotreme and marsupial whey acidic protein genes

Evolution and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 378-392

  Sharp, Julie A ^a   Lefèvre, Christophe ^a,b   Nicholas, Kevin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEY ACIDIC PROTEINS;

DNA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; LACTATION; MARSUPIAL; MILK; MONOTREME; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOTREMATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MARSUPIALIA; MILK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOTREMATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EUTHERIA; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 34447637154     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2007.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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