Early divergence, broad distribution, and high diversity of animal chitin synthases

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 316-325

  Zakrzewski, Anne C ^a,d   Weigert, Anne ^b   Helm, Conrad ^b   Adamski, Marcin ^a   Adamska, Maja ^a   Bleidorn, Christoph ^b   Raible, Florian ^c   Hausen, Harald ^a  

^a Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase; Evolution; Lophotrochozoa; Metazoa; Myosin motor domain

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84902996975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu011     Document Type: Article

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