Extraordinary diversity among members of the large gene family, 185/333, from the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Buckley, Katherine M ^a   Courtney, L Courtney ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; GENE CONVERSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; ANIMAL; EXON; GENETICS; IMMUNITY; INTRON; INVERTEBRATE;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; EXONS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INTRONS; INVERTEBRATES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34748841977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-8-68     Document Type: Article

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