The molecular evolution of signal peptides

Gene

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 313-322

  Williams, Elizabeth J B ^a   Pal, Csaba ^a   Hurst, Laurence D ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Igf2r; Molecular evolution; Mouse rat orthologues; Neutral evolution; Signal peptides

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; IMMUNITY; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034622642     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00233-X     Document Type: Article

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