Variation and constraint in Hox gene evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2211-2216

  Heffer, Alison ^a   Xiang, Jie ^a   Pick, Leslie ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Fushi tarazu; Molecular evolution; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

FUSHI TARAZU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ARTEMIA; ARTHROPODS; BEETLES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84873468307     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210847110     Document Type: Article

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