The evolution of the knirps family of transcription factors in arthropods

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1348-1357

  Naggan Perl, Tal ^a   Schmid, Bernhard G M ^b   Schwirz, Jonas ^b   Chipman, Ariel D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

gene duplication; gene family evolution; knirps; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; KNIRPS GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FAMILY EVOLUTION; KNIRPS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; ARTHROPODS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84877770260     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst046     Document Type: Article

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