An attempt to pinpoint the phylogenetic introduction of glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase among bacteria

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 709-715

  Handy, Jacob ^a   Doolittle, Russell F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Glutamine amidotransferases; Horizontal gene transfers

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO;

EID: 0033280664     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006592     Document Type: Article

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