Molecular evolutionary analysis of the thiamine-diphosphate-dependent enzyme, transketolase

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 552-572

  Schenk, Gerhard ^a   Layfield, Roy ^a   Candy, Judith M ^b   Duggleby, Ronald G ^a   Nixon, Peter F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Molecular clock; Phylogenetic trees; Thiamine diphosphate; Transketolase; Transketolase motif

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COCARBOXYLASE; DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSKETOLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HANSENULA POLYMORPHA; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSKETOLASE; YEASTS;

EID: 0031001809     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006179     Document Type: Article

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