Proteobacterial histidine-biosynthetic pathways are paraphyletic

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-347

  Bond, Jeffrey P ^a   Francklyn, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of VT College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Gene transfer; Histidine biosynthesis; Histidyl tRNA synthetases; Protein phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033934642     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910037     Document Type: Article

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