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Amphioxus type I keratin cDNA and the evolution of intermediate filament genes.
The Journal of experimental zoology - 15 Apr 1999
Luke G N, Holland P W
Abstract excerpt
We report the cloning of an intermediate filament (IF) cDNA from the cephalochordate amphioxus that encodes a protein assignable to the type I keratin group. This is the first type I keratin reported from an invertebrate. Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal that amphioxus also possesses a type II keratin, and that the genes encoding short-rod IF proteins underwent different patterns of duplication in...
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