Evolution of genes, evolution of species: The case of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1548-1561

  Diaz Lazcoz, Y ^a   Aude, J C ^b   Nitschke P ^a   Chiapello, H ^c   Landes Devauchelle C ^a   Risler, J L ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Codon usage; Evolution; Gene duplication; Molecular phylogeny; Pyramidal classification

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DIMER; TETRAMER; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRICETINAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GLYCINE-TRNA LIGASE; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPTOPHAN-TRNA LIGASE; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE;

EID: 0031789775     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025882     Document Type: Article

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