β-Keratins in crocodiles reveal amino acid homology with avian keratins

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1169-1174

  Ye, Changjiang ^a   Wu, Xiaobing ^a   Yan, Peng ^a   Amato, George ^b  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Keratin; Bird; Crocodile; Evolution

Indexed keywords

BETA KERATIN; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCINE; PROLINE; SERINE; PRIMER DNA;

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOWL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS INTERMEDIUS; CROCODYLUS PALUSTRIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-KERATINS; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951912215     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9480-z     Document Type: Article

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