Genomic Organization, molecular diversification, and evolution of antimicrobial peptide myticin-c genes in the mussel (mytilus galloprovincialis)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Vera, Manuel ^a   Martínez, Paulino ^a   Poisa Beiro, Laura ^b   Figueras, Antonio ^b   Novoa, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; MYTICIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLLUSC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSSEL; MYTICIN C GENE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYTILUS;

MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; VERTEBRATA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; MYTILUS;

EID: 80052318138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024041     Document Type: Article

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