Evidence for the early divergence of tryptophanyl- and tyrosyl-trna synthetases

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Brown, James R ^a,e   Robb, Frank T ^b,c   Weiss, Robert ^d   Doolittle, W Ford ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aminoacy tRNA synthetases; Archaea; Evolution; Universal tree

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN-TRNA LIGASE; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030788417     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006206     Document Type: Article

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