Evolutionary origin and phylogenetic analysis of the novel oocyte-specific eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E in Tetrapoda

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-118

  Evsikov, Alexei V ^a   Marín de Evsikova, Caralina ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E; Molecular evolution; Oocyte maturation; Translational control

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOUSE FLY; MAMMAL; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4E; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60349132210     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0268-2     Document Type: Article

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