Concerted evolution of sea anemone neurotoxin genes is revealed through analysis of the Nematostella vectensis genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 737-747

  Moran, Yehu ^a   Weinberger, Hagar ^a   Sullivan, James C ^b   Reitzel, Adam M ^b,c   Finnerty, John R ^b   Gurevitz, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b USA

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Concerted evolution; Nematostella vectensis; Sea anemone toxins

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN NV1; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTINIA EQUINA; ANEMONE; ANEMONIA VIRIDIS; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCORPION; SEA ANEMONE; SNAIL; SNAKE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PHYLOGENY; SEA ANEMONES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANEMONIA VIRIDIS; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; SCORPIONES; SERPENTES;

EID: 40849126683     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn021     Document Type: Article

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