Rapid sequence evolution of transcription factors controlling neuron differentiation in caenorhabditis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2373-2386

  Jovelin, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis; Chemosensory genes; Molecular evolution; Neurons; Nucleotide variation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

REDOX EFFECTOR FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 14; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 23; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 36; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 37; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CHE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR COG 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DIE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGL 43; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGL 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FAX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOZI 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAM 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIM 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 14; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 39; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LSY 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAB 18; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAB 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEC 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ODR 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SEM 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 130; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 30; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 55; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VAB 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATOR GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC VARIATION; NEURONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI;

EID: 70349918009     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp142     Document Type: Article

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