Gene descent, duplication, and horizontal transfer in the evolution of glutamyl- and glutaminyl-tRNA synthetases

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 485-495

  Brown, James R ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^b  

^a SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceutical ^*  (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Archezoa; Glutaminyl tRNA synthetase; Glutamyl tRNA synthetase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GLUTAMATE-TRNA LIGASE; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032844737     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006571     Document Type: Article

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