Evolution of CUT class homeobox genes: Insights from the genome of the amphioxus, Branchiostoma floridae

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 969-977

  Takatori, Naohito ^a   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chordate; COMPASS; Cux; Onecut; SATB

Indexed keywords

CUT CLASS HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN COMPASS; PROTEIN CUX CASP; PROTEIN SATB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ONECUT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; CHORDATA; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TAXONOMIC RANK; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOME; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; PROTOSTOMIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 57649225039     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072541nt     Document Type: Article

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