Ancient origin of the new developmental superfamily DANGER.

Developmental proteins play a pivotal role in the origin of animal complexity and diversity. We report here the identification of a highly divergent developmental protein superfamily (DANGER), which originated before the emergence of animals (approximately 850 million years ago) and experienced majo...

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Main Authors: Nikolas Nikolaidis, Dimitra Chalkia, D Neil Watkins, Roxanne K Barrow, Solomon H Snyder, Damian B van Rossum, Randen L Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1784063?pdf=render