The vertebrate RCAN gene family: Novel insights into evolution, structure and regulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Serrano Candelas, Eva ^a,c   Farré, Domènec ^b   Aranguren Ibáñez, Álvaro ^a   Martínez Høyer, Sergio ^a,d   Pérez Riba, Mercè ^a  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CPG ISLAND; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RCAN1 GENE; RCAN2 GENE; RCAN3 GENE; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

MUSCLE PROTEIN; RCAN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84922489051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085539     Document Type: Article

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