A genome-wide survey of bHLH transcription factors in the Placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens reveals the ancient repertoire of this gene family in metazoan

Gene

Volumn 542, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-37

  Gyoja, Fuki ^a  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal metazoans; Basic helix loop helix proteins; Evolution; Genome wide survey

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOME WIDE SURVEY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOPLAX;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUPERIPATOIDES; HOMO SAPIENS; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PLACOZOA; SACCOGLOSSUS KOWALEVSKII; TRICHOPLAX; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS;

BASAL METAZOANS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENOME-WIDE SURVEY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLACOZOA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84897508478     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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