The vertebrate makorin ubiquitin ligase gene family has been shaped by large-scale duplication and retroposition from an ancestral gonad-specific, maternal-effect gene

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Members of the makorin <it>(mkrn) </it>gene family encode RING/C3H zinc finger proteins with U3 ubiquitin ligase activity. Although these proteins have been described in a variety of eukaryotes such as plants, fungi, inve...

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Main Authors: Volff Jean-Nicolas, Baroiller Jean-Francois, Galiana-Arnoux Delphine, D'Cotta Helena, Darras Amandine, Böhne Astrid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/721