Molecular cloning and evolutionary analysis of the GJA1 (connexin43) gene from bats (Chiroptera)

Genetics Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-109

  Wang, Li ^a,b   Li, Gang ^a   Wang, Jinhong ^a   Ye, Shaohui ^b   Jones, Gareth ^c   Zhang, Shuyi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 43;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNEXIN 43; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349266854     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672309000032     Document Type: Article

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