On the origin of protein synthesis factors: A gene duplication/fusion model

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 661-670

  Cousineau, Benoit ^a   Leclerc, Fabrice ^a   Cedergren, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D structure; Evolution; Ribosomal proteins; RNA binding domain; Superfamily; Translation factors

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; ELONGATION FACTOR TS; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; INITIATION FACTOR 1; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 3; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-3; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031434819     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006270     Document Type: Article

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