Significance of the Evolutionary α1,3-Galactosyltransferase (GGTA1) Gene Inactivation in Preventing Extinction of Apes and Old World Monkeys

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Galili, Uri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti Gal antibody; GGTA1; Primate evolution; Primate extinction; Gal epitope; 1,3 Galactosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE; EUTHERIA; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOMINID; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE SILENCING; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS;

EID: 84920556346     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-014-9652-x     Document Type: Article

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