Phylogenesis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in vertebrates

Gene

Volumn 450, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 85-93

  Tettamanti, Gianluca ^a   Cattaneo, Anna Giulia ^a   Gornati, Rosalba ^a   de Eguileor, Magda ^a   Bernardini, Giovanni ^a   Binelli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; Molecular phylogenetics; Neurotrophins; Structure prediction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72449161089     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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