The evolutionary history of the catenin gene family during metazoan evolution

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Catenin is a gene family composed of three subfamilies; p120, beta and alpha. Beta and p120 are homologous subfamilies based on sequence and structural comparisons, and are members of the armadillo repeat protein superfamily. Alpha d...

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Main Authors: Reynolds Albert B, Zhao Zi-Ming, Gaucher Eric A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/198