Phylogenetic analysis of the isopenicillin-N-synthetase horizontal gene transfer

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 537-542

  Buades, Celia ^a   Moya, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

lactam producers; Horizontal gene transfer; Maximum likelihood; Molecular clock

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; ISOPENICILLIN N SYNTHETASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030011186     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02352283     Document Type: Article

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