Flanking genes of an essential gene give information about the evolution of metazoa

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-364

  Zimek, Alexander ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flanking genes; Genome drift; Lamin genes; Metazoa; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CEPHALOCHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME; INTRON; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE; TURBELLARIA; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENOME; INTRONS; LAMINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACTINIARIA; ANNELIDA; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAPITELLA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PLANARIA; SCHMIDTEA MEDITERRANEA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 79951675143     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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