In contrast to the nematode and fruit fly all 9 intron positions of the sea anemone lamin gene are conserved in human lamin genes

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 305-309

  Zimek, Alexander ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateria; Cnidaria; Cytoplasmic intermediate filaments; Gene organization; Metazoan phylogeny; Nematostella vectensis; Nuclear lamin

Indexed keywords

LAMIN; LAMIN B; LAMIN B1; LAMIN B2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 5; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HUMAN; INTRON; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTRONS; LAMIN TYPE B; LAMINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEA ANEMONES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINIARIA; BILATERIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CNIDARIA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42149109880     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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