ThidD-TenA: A gene pair fusion in eukaryotes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 708-711

  Ouzounis, Christos A ^a,c   Kyrpides, Nikos C ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Function prediction; Gene fusion; Phylogeny; ThiD; Transcription

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; 4 AMINO 5 (HYDROXYMETHYL) 2 METHYLPYRIMIDINE PHOSPHATE KINASE; 4-AMINO-5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2-METHYLPYRIMIDINE PHOSPHATE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE FUSION; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; LETTER; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031282970     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013145     Document Type: Article

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