Phylogenetic Divergence of Fish and Mammalian Metallothionein: Relationships with Structural Diversification and Organismal Temperature

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Capasso, Clemente ^a   Carginale, Vincenzo ^a   Scudiero, Rosaria ^b   Crescenzi, Orlando ^b   Spadaccini, Roberta ^b   Temussi, Piero Andrea ^b   Parisi, Elio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancestral sequences; Fish; Hydropathic properties; Mammals; Metallothionein evolution; Protein structure; Structural divergence; Temperature adaptations

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; METALLOTHIONEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FISH; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0013020226     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-0034-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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