Radiation and functional diversification of alpha keratins during early vertebrate evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 995-1004

  Vandebergh, Wim ^a   Bossuyt, Franky ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

comparative genomics; gene family evolution; keratin clusters; tetrapod land colonization

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE DUPLICATION; KERATINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84857216135     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr269     Document Type: Article

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