Hox genes in the echiuroid Urechis unicinctus |
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| Authors: | Sung-Jin Cho Dae-Hee Lee Hyuk-Jae Kwon Chi Hyun Ahn Soon Cheol Park and Kil-Sang Shin |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, 221 Hukseok-Dong, Dongjak-Ku, Seoul, 156-756, Republic of Korea;(2) Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Chungnam, 336-745, Republic of Korea;(3) Present address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 385 LSA, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200, USA |
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| Abstract: | An echiuroid species, Urechis unicinctus, was surveyed for Hox genes using polymerase chain reaction with homeobox-specific degenerate primers. We identified nine distinct homeodomain-containing gene fragments. These nine fragments were classified by comparative analysis. This analysis revealed that this echiuroid possessed at least three Hox genes from the anterior group, five from the central group, and one from the posterior group.Sung-Jin and Dae-Hee Lee contributed equally to this work.An erratum to this article can be found at |
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| Keywords: | Hox genes Urechis unicinctus Echiuroid |
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