Comparative analysis of SOX3 protein orthologs: Expansion of homopolymeric amino acid tracts during vertebrate evolution

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 612-623

  Mojsin, Marija ^a   Kovacevic Grujicic, Natasa ^a   Krstic, Aleksandar ^a   Popovic, Jelena ^a   Milivojevic, Milena ^a   Stevanovic, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Comparative protein analysis; Homopolymeric amino acid tract; Polyalanine expansion; SOX3 protein

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX3; AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE; POLYGLYCINE; POLYPROLINE; SUMO PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; HOMOPOLYMERIC AMINO ACID TRACT; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TANDEM REPEAT; VERTEBRATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SMALL UBIQUITIN-RELATED MODIFIER PROTEINS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; VERTEBRATES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

AVES; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956191342     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-010-9343-2     Document Type: Article

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