Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene family phylogenetics and nomenclature

Differentiation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Skinner, Michael K ^a   Rawls, Alan ^b   Wilson Rawls, Jeanne ^b   Roalson, Eric H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic Helix Loop Helix transcription factor; bHLH; Fly; Human; Mouse; Nomenclature; Phylogenetics; Plant; Rat; Worm; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; RATTUS;

EID: 77954144725     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2010.02.003     Document Type: Review

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