Evolution of retinoid and steroid signaling: Vertebrate diversification from an amphioxus perspective

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 985-1005

  Albalat, Ricard ^a   Brunet, Frédéric ^b   Laudet, Vincent ^b   Schubert, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma floridae; Cephalochordates; Gene duplication; Metabolic networks; Nuclear receptor signaling cascades

Indexed keywords

BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CEPHALOCHORDATA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

RETINOID; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRANCHIOMA; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME COMPONENTS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; RETINOIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84856243271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr084     Document Type: Article

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