Close evolutionary relatedness of α-amylases from archaea and plants

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-426

  Janeček, Štefan ^a   Lévêque, Emmanuel ^b   Belarbi, Abdel ^b   Haye, Bernard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeons; Conserved sequence regions; Eubacteria; Eukaryotes; Evolutionary relationships; Thermococcus hydrothermalis; Amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS HYDROTHERMALIS;

EID: 0033025132     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006486     Document Type: Article

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