A notable example of an evolutionary conserved gene: Studies on a putative DNA helicase TIP49

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Kurokawa, Yumiko ^a   Kanemaki, Masato ^a   Making, Yasutaka ^a   Tamura, Taka Aki ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aligned score; DNA helicase; molecular evolution; RuvB; TIP49

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINE; HELICASE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; TATA BOX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA HELICASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033033988     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179909033934     Document Type: Article

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