STAT genes display differential evolutionary rates that correlate with their roles in the endocrine and immune system

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Gorissen, Marnix ^a   de Vrieze, Erik ^a   Flik, Gert ^a   Huising, Mark O ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE; STAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 79955534748     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-11-0033     Document Type: Article

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