The VARL gene family and the evolutionary origins of the master cell-type regulatory gene, regA, in Volvox carteri

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Duncan, Leonard ^a,d   Nishii, Ichiro ^b   Harryman, Alexandra ^c   Buckley, Stephanie ^c   Howard, Alicia ^c   Friedman, Nicholas R ^c   Miller, Stephen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Green algae; Multicellularity; SAND domain; Terminal differentiation; VARL domain; Volvox

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; REGA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLVOCINE ALGAL REG A LIKE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYTOLOGY; DNA BINDING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE; SOMATIC CELL; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VOLVOX;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOCACEAE; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 34547702594     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0225-5     Document Type: Article

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