The Irx gene family in zebrafish: Genomic structure, evolution and initial characterization of irx5b

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 277-284

  Feijóo, Carmen Gloria ^a,b   Manzanares, Miguel ^c   de la Calle Mustienes, Elisa ^d   Gómez Skarmeta, José Luis ^d   Allende, Miguel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Gene duplication; Iroquois; Teleost; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IROQUOIS PROTEIN; PROTEIN IRX5B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOSS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO; DROSOPHILA; MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543008325     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0401-9     Document Type: Article

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