The genomes of the South American opossum (Monodelphis domestica) and platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) encode a more complete purine catabolic pathway than placental mammals

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 174-178

  Keebaugh, Alaine C ^a   Thomas, James W ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allantoinase; Evolution; Gene loss; Mammals; Purine catabolism

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOINASE; GENE PRODUCT; PURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENOME; MAMMAL; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; PLACENTA; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM;

DIDELPHIDAE; EUTHERIA; HOMO; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650105608     PISSN: 1744117X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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