Signature sequences in diverse proteins provide evidence of a close evolutionary relationship between the Deinococcus-Thermus group and cyanobacteria

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 716-720

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a   Johari, Vanessa ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Deinococcus Thermus; Prokaryote phylogeny; Signature sequence

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; ELONGATION FACTOR TS; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEINOCOCCACEAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; THERMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCACEAE; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; PROKARYOTA; THERMALES; THERMUS;

EID: 0031865507     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006352     Document Type: Article

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