Co-orthology of Pax4 and Pax6 to the fly eyeless gene: Molecular phylogenetic, comparative genomic, and embryological analyses

Evolution and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 448-459

  Manousaki, Tereza ^a   Feiner, Nathalie ^a,b   Begemann, Gerrit ^a   Meyer, Axel ^a,b   Kuraku, Shigehiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b University of Konstanz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; EYELESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE PROTEINS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; DANIO RERIO; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80055062600     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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