The transcription factor NF-κB in the demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Insights on the evolutionary origin of the Rel homology domain

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-32

  Gauthier, Marie ^a   Degnan, Bernard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankyrin repeat; Nuclear factor kappa B; Porifera; Rel homology domain

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN P50; PROTEIN P52; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLAGELLATE; FUNGUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AMPHIMEDON; BILATERIA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PORIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38349195146     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-007-0197-5     Document Type: Article

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