Sequence divergence and expression of a transformer gene in the branchiopod crustacean, Daphnia magna

Genomics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Kato, Yasuhiko ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Oda, Shigeto ^b   Tatarazako, Norihisa ^b   Watanabe, Hajime ^a,c   Iguchi, Taisen ^a  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Domain organization; Evolution; Gene expression; Sex determination; Transformer

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; GENE PRODUCT; SERINE; TRANSFORMER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DAPHNIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

APIS MELLIFERA; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77549086233     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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