Molecular evolution of the hyaluronan synthase 2 gene in mammals: Implications for adaptations to the subterranean niche and cancer resistance

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Faulkes, Christopher G ^a   Davies, Kalina T J ^a   Rossiter, Stephen J ^a   Bennett, Nigel C ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Heterocephalus; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan synthase; Naked mole rat; Subterranean mammal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID; CANCER; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RODENT; SKIN; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

BATHYERGIDAE; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; HETEROCEPHALUS; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA;

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; SOIL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INSECTIVORA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL; VETERINARY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; INSECTIVORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOIL;

EID: 84929104993     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0185     Document Type: Article

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