Modular evolution of the Glx-tRNA synthetase family. Rooting of the evolutionary tree between the bacteria and archaea/eukarya branches

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-87

  Siatecka, Miroslawa ^a,b   Rozek, Marek ^b   Barciszewski, Jan ^b   Mirande, Marc ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arachaea lineage; Genetic code; Glutaminyl tRNA synthetase; Lupinus luteus; Molecular phylogeny; Paralogous genes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LUPINUS LUTEUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032528941     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2560080.x     Document Type: Article

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