Distinct stages of protein evolution as suggested by protein sequence analysis

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 394-401

  Trifonov, Edward N ^a   Kirzhner, Alla ^b   Kirzhner, Valery M ^b   Berezovsky, Igor N ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amino acid chronology; Autocorrelation; Closed loops; Codon chronology; DNA ring closure; Early evolution; Gene splicing; Heteropeptides; Homopeptides; Multidomain proteins; Protein folds; Sequence mosaic; Triplet code

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; DNA; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA, RECOMBINANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034830133     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010229     Document Type: Article

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