Molecular cloning and sequencing of metallothionein in squamates: New insights into the evolution of the metallothionein genes in vertebrates

Gene

Volumn 423, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-56

  Trinchella, Francesca ^a   Riggio, Marilisa ^a   Filosa, Silvana ^a   Parisi, Elio ^b   Scudiero, Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene duplication and loss; Gene paralogy; Hydropathy; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPTILES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50549091699     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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