Identification of an antennapedia-like homeobox gene in the ascidians Styela clava and S. plicata

Gene. 1994 Sep 30;147(2):219-22. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90069-8.

Abstract

Homeobox genes from the urochordates Styela clava (AHox2) and S. plicata (AHox3) were cloned and analyzed. The two genes are homologous and Antennapedia-like. The homeobox regions have 87% identity at the nucleotide level and are identical at the amino-acid level. No introns are present in the homeobox region of AHox3, and AHox3 is represented at a low copy number per haploid genome. AHox2 and AHox3 represent the second type of homeobox gene found in this evolutionarily and developmentally important group of organisms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA
  • Genes, Homeobox*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Urochordata / genetics*

Substances

  • DNA

Associated data

  • GENBANK/S73920
  • GENBANK/S73921