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ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2008

Protein evolution of ANTP and PRD homeobox genes.

Nuno A Fonseca, Cristina P Vieira, Peter W H Holland, Jorge Vieira

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Article in BMC evolutionary biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Nuno A FonsecaInstituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal. nf@ibmc.up.pt
Cristina P Vieira
Peter W H Holland
Jorge Vieira
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Oxford · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough 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.

resultsIn this study, we report a method for the fast and efficient retrieval of sequences belonging to the ANTP (HOXL and NKL) and PRD classes. Furthermore, we look for diagnostic amino acid residues that can be used to distinguish HOXL, NKL and PRD genes.

conclusionThe reported protein features will facilitate the robust classification of homeobox genes from newly sequenced bilaterian genomes. Nevertheless, in non-bilaterian genomes our findings must be cautiously applied. In principle, as long as a good manually curated data set is available the approach here described can be applied to non-bilaterian organisms as well. Our results help focus experimental studies onto investigating the biochemical functions of key homeodomain residues in different gene classes.

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Evolution, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAntennapedia Homeodomain ProteinConsensus SequenceGenes, HomeoboxHomeodomain ProteinsHumansNerve Tissue ProteinsSequence AlignmentAntennapedia Homeodomain ProteinHomeodomain ProteinsNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMID18620554
PMCPMC2491631
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