Origin of Pax and Six gene families in sponges: Single PaxB and Six1/2 orthologs in Chalinula loosanoffi

Developmental Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 106-123

  Hill, April ^a   Boll, Werner ^b   Ries, Carolin ^b   Warner, Lisa ^a   Osswalt, Marisa ^c   Hill, Malcolm ^a   Noll, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalinula loosanoffi; Evolution; Haliclona; Pax genes; Pax Six gene regulatory network; Porifera; Six genes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAXB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

CHALINULA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; HALICLONA; METAZOA; PORIFERA; PROTOSTOMIA;

EID: 77953720408     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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