Lineage-specific transcription factors and the evolution of gene regulatory networks

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-78

  Nowick, Katja ^a   Stubbs, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene regulatory network; Lineage specific genes; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINEAGE; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77950359470     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elp056     Document Type: Article

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