Coordinated amino acid changes in the evolution of mammalian defensins

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 675-682

  Hughes, Austin L ^a   Yeager, Meredith ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Mammalian defensin; Propiece

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DEFENSINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030990203     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006191     Document Type: Article

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