plosone-phylo
pone.0003778.g002
Pix proteins across eukaryotes.
A cladogram of a wide range of organisms is drawn according to the current, generally accepted consensus. Pix genes were identified by BLAST search of genomes and identified as hits to the N-terminal 7 WD-40 repeats and the C-terminal coiled-coil region. When these proteins were in turn used to search all genomes their closest vertebrate homologues were Pix proteins. The presence of Pix genes in the genome is indicated by black entries and their absence by red. Pix sequences were compared to Xenopus laevis Pix2 by pairwise BLAST and the P-value for the match is shown.
pone.0003778.g002
Pix proteins across eukaryotes.
A cladogram of a wide range of organisms is drawn according to the current, generally accepted consensus. Pix genes were identified by BLAST search of genomes and identified as hits to the N-terminal 7 WD-40 repeats and the C-terminal coiled-coil region. When these proteins were in turn used to search all genomes their closest vertebrate homologues were Pix proteins. The presence of Pix genes in the genome is indicated by black entries and their absence by red. Pix sequences were compared to Xenopus laevis Pix2 by pairwise BLAST and the P-value for the match is shown.