Organization of iroquois genes in fish

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 267-276

  Dildrop, Renate ^a   Rüther, Ulrich ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster diversification; Duplication; Gene cluster; Irx genes

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IROQUOIS PROTEIN; PROTEIN IRX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO; FUGU RUBRIPES; MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODON; TETRAODON NIGROVIRIDIS; TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543018511     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0402-8     Document Type: Article

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