Evolutionary implications of the mosaic pyrimidine-biosynthetic pathway in eukaryotes

Gene

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-222

  Nara, Takeshi ^a   Hshimoto, Tetsuo ^b   Aoki, Takashi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Enzyme; Maximum likelihood method; Molecular evolution; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (GLUTAMINE HYDROLYSING); DIHYDROOROTASE; DIHYDROOROTATE DEHYDROGENASE; ENZYME; MICROBIAL ENZYME; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE 5' PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRIMIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHIMERA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (GLUTAMINE-HYDROLYZING); DIHYDROOROTASE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OROTIDINE-5'-PHOSPHATE DECARBOXYLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PHYLOGENY; PYRIMIDINES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0034739441     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00411-X     Document Type: Article

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