A genome-wide view of transcription factor gene diversity in chordate evolution: Less gene loss in amphioxus?

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-186

  Paps, Jordi ^a   Holland, Peter W H ^a   Shimeld, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fox; Homeobox; Pax; Sox; T box

Indexed keywords

PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LOSS; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHORDATA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84859081554     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/els012     Document Type: Article

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