Displacement of cellular proteins by functional analogues from plasmids or viruses could explain puzzling phylogenies of many DNA informational proteins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 457-465

  Forterre, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS;

DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032810166     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01497.x     Document Type: Review

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