Dynamics and function of intron sequences of the wingless gene during the evolution of the Drosophila genus

Evolution and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 325-335

  Costas, J ^a,b   Pereira, P S ^a   Vieira, C P ^a   Pinho, S ^a,c   Vieira, J ^a   Casares, F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOLYL BETA GALACTOSIDE; 5-BROMO-4-CHLORO-3-INDOLYL BETA-GALACTOSIDE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GALACTOSIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ONCOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; WINGLESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HISTOLOGY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GALACTOSIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; INDOLES; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA AMERICANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA WILLISTONI; DROSOPHILIDAE; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER; SOPHOPHORA; WILLISTONI GROUP;

EID: 4644220375     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2004.04040.x     Document Type: Article

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