Early evolution of the LIM homeobox gene family

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Srivastava, Mansi ^a   Larroux, Claire ^b   Lu, Daniel R ^a   Mohanty, Kareshma ^a   Chapman, Jarrod ^c   Degnan, Bernard M ^b   Rokhsar, Daniel S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIMEDON; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; EUMETAZOA; HAPLOSCLERIDA; HYDRA; HYDRA MAGNIPAPILLATA; NEMATODA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PLACOZOA; TRICHOPLAX; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS; VERTEBRATA;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COELENTERATE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; HYDROZOA; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACOZOA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEA ANEMONE; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYDRA; HYDROZOA; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; PLACOZOA; SEA ANEMONES; SYNTENY;

EID: 77649161749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-4     Document Type: Article

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