Gene expression divergence and evolutionary analysis of the drosomycin gene family in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wen, Shuo Yang ^b   Deng, Xiao Juan ^a   Yang, Wan Ying ^b   Huang, Ya Dong ^c   Cao, Yang ^b   Xia, Qing You ^d   Xu, Peilin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DROSOMYCIN; DROSOMYCIN 2; DROSOMYCIN 3; DROSOMYCIN 4; DROSOMYCIN 5; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOMYCIN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FAMILY; FLY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSPOSON;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VARIATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 71149093647     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/315423     Document Type: Article

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