Protein evolution of ANTP and PRD homeobox genes

• Published in: BMC evolutionary biology Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 200
• Main Authors: Fonseca, Nuno A, Vieira, Cristina P, Holland, Peter WH, Vieira, Jorge
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 11.07.2008; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acid Substitution; Animals; Antennapedia Homeodomain Protein - chemistry; Antennapedia Homeodomain Protein - genetics; Bilateria; Consensus Sequence; Evolution, Molecular; Genes, Homeobox - genetics; Homeodomain Proteins - chemistry; Homeodomain Proteins - genetics; Human genome; Humans; Molecular evolution; Nerve Tissue Proteins - genetics; Physiological aspects; Sequence Alignment; United Kingdom
• ISSN: 1471-2148; 1471-2148
• DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-200

Although homeobox genes have been the subject of many studies, little is known about the main amino acid changes that occurred early in the evolution of genes belonging to different classes. In this study, we report a method for the fast and efficient retrieval of sequences belonging to the ANTP (HO...