The divergent domains of the NEFA and nucleobindin proteins are derived from an EF-hand ancestor

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 990-998

  Karabinos, Anton ^a   Bhattacharya, Debashish ^b   Morys Wortmann, Corinna ^a   Kroll, Katja ^a   Hirschfeld, Gregor ^a   Kratzin, Hartmut D ^a   Barnikol Watanabe, Shitsu ^a   Hilschmann, Norbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

calcium binding; EF hand; leucine zipper; molecular evolution; NEFA; nucleobindin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; DIMERIZATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029814450     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025667     Document Type: Article

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