An intron loss of Dfak gene in species of the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup and phylogenetic analysis

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-420

  Zhan, Lei Lei ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Liu, Can ^a   Ke, Fang ^a   Yang, Yong ^a   Li, Chun Xuan ^a   Qian, Yuan Huai ^a   Zeng, Qing Tao ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA FOCAL ADHESION KINASE GENE; DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SANTOMEA; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA TEISSIERI; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FOCAL ADHESION PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; GENE DELETION; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

DROSOPHILA BIARMIPES; DROSOPHILA ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA ERECTA; DROSOPHILA FICUSPHILA; DROSOPHILA JAMBULINA; DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROSTIPENNIS; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA SANTOMEA; DROSOPHILA SECHELLIA; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; DROSOPHILA TAKAHASHII; DROSOPHILA TEISSIERI; DROSOPHILA YAKUBA; MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER SUBGROUP;

EID: 49949085798     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esn006     Document Type: Article

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