Eukaryotic signalling domain homologues in archaea and bacteria. Ancient ancestry and horizontal gene transfer

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 729-745

  Ponting, C P ^a   Aravind, L ^a   Schultz, J ^b   Bork, P ^b   Koonin, E V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genome comparison; Homology; Horizontal gene transfer; Sequence profiles; Signalling domains

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033057517     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2827     Document Type: Article

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