Nonplastid eukaryotic response regulators have a monophyletic origin and evolved from their bacterial precursors in parallel with their cognate sensor kinases

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 605-613

  Pao, Gerald M ^a   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eukaryotes; Protein phosphorylation; Response regulator; Sensor kinase; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030909737     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006183     Document Type: Article

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