Conserved alternative splicing and expression patterns of arthropod N-Cadherin

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Hsu, Shu Ning ^a   Yonekura, Shinichi ^b   Ting, Chun Yuan ^b   Robertson, Hugh M ^a   Iwai, Youichi ^c,d   Uemura, Tadashi ^c   Lee, Chi Hon ^b   Chiba, Akira ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CADHERIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; COMPUTER MODEL; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESODERM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRIBOLIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARTHROPODA; METAZOA;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CADHERINS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 66349122404     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000441     Document Type: Article

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