Evolutionary constraints favor a biophysical model explaining Hox gene collinearity

Current Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 279-288

  Almirantis, Yannis ^a   Provata, Astero ^a   Papageorgiou, Spyros ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Hox collinearity; Invertebrate vertebrate evolution; Limb bud

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOX GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; INVERTEBRATA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878782231     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13892029113149990003     Document Type: Article

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