The archaea monophyly issue: A phylogeny of translational elongation factor G(2) sequences inferred from an optimized selection of alignment positions

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 524-537

  Cammarano, Piero ^a   Creti, Roberta ^a   Sanangelantoni, Anna M ^b   Palm, Peter ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; BLAST FASTA; Elongation factor G(2); Insertion elements; Phylogeny; Protein evolution; Sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR G;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032852966     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006574     Document Type: Article

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