Specific retention of the protostome-specific PsGEF may parallel with the evolution of mushroom bodies in insect and lophotrochozoan brains.

Higuchi, Nozomu

Specific retention of the protostome-specific PsGEF may parallel with the evolution of mushroom bodies in insect and lophotrochozoan brains. [electronic resource] - BMC biology May 2009 - 21 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1741-7007

10.1186/1741-7007-7-21 doi


Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Annelida--anatomy & histology
Axons--metabolism
Biological Evolution
Brain--anatomy & histology
Cells, Cultured
Daphnia--metabolism
Drosophila melanogaster--cytology
Exons--genetics
Gene Deletion
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors--chemistry
HeLa Cells
Humans
Insecta--anatomy & histology
Introns--genetics
Molecular Sequence Data
Mushroom Bodies--anatomy & histology
Organ Specificity
Protein Structure, Tertiary
RNA, Messenger--genetics
rac1 GTP-Binding Protein--metabolism
rho GTP-Binding Proteins--metabolism