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Evolutionary selection pressure of forkhead domain and functional divergence.
Gene - 1 Mar 2009
Wang Minghui, Wang Qishan, Zhao Hongbo, Zhang Xiangzhe, Pan Yuchun
Abstract excerpt
Forkhead-box (Fox) genes encode a family of transcription factors defined by a "winged helix" DNA-binding domain which have been identified in many metazoans, and play important roles in diverse biological processes. Here we aimed to extend previous evolutionary selection analysis to fungi, using available sequences from E. cuniculi (Ec), Eremothecium gossypii (Eg), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sc), etc. The...
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