SP transcription factor paralogs and dna-binding sites coevolve and adaptively converge in mammals and birds

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1102-1117

  Yokoyama, Ken Daigoro ^a,b   Pollock, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis regulatory element evolution; GC box; SP1; Zinc finger proteins

Indexed keywords

AVES; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIRD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIRDS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84876016813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs085     Document Type: Article

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