A family history of DUX4: Phylogenetic analysis of DUXA, B, C and Duxbl reveals the ancestral DUX gene

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Leidenroth, Andreas ^a   Hewitt, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNTENY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SYNTENY;

EID: 78649330207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-364     Document Type: Article

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