Function and evolution of the serotonin-synthetic bas-1 gene and other aromatic amino acid decarboxylase genes in Caenorhabditis

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hare, Emily E ^a,b   Loer, Curtis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

3' FLANKING REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 5444225556     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-24     Document Type: Article

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