Adaptive evolution of hepcidin genes in antarctic notothenioid fishes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1099-1112

  Xu, Qianghua ^a,c   Cheng, Chi Hing Christina ^b   Hu, Peng ^a   Ye, Hua ^a   Chen, Zuozhou ^a   Cao, Lixue ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Shen, Yu ^a   Chen, Liangbiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Gene duplication; Hepcidin; Iron regulation; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; FISH PROTEIN; RNA;

ANTARCTIC NOTOTHENIOID FISH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TELEOST; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; PACHYCARA BRACHYCEPHALUM; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA; ZOARCIDAE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CYSTEINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISH PROTEINS; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA;

EID: 44649155133     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn056     Document Type: Article

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