Comparative studies of vertebrate beta integrin genes and proteins: Ancient genes in vertebrate evolution

Biomolecules

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-31

  Holmes, Roger S ^a   Rout, Ujjwal K ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Evolution; Gene duplication; Vertebrates; integrin

Indexed keywords

BETA INTEGRIN; MICRORNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CPG ISLAND; EXON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 85016384217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2218273X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biom1010003     Document Type: Review

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