On the evolution of the single-subunit RNA polymerases

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 671-681

  Cermakian, Nicolas ^a   Ikeda, Tatsuya M ^b   Miramontes, Pedro ^c   Lang, B Franz ^a   Gray, Michael W ^b   Cedergren, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Evolution; Linear plasmid; Mitochondria; Phylogenetic tree; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031464189     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006271     Document Type: Article

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