The putative glutamate receptors from plants are related to two superfamilies of animal neurotransmitter receptors via distinct evolutionary mechanisms [2]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1417-1420

  Turano, Frank J ^a   Panta, Ganesh R ^a,c   Allard, Marc W ^a   Van Berkum, Peter ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; G protein coupled receptor; GABA receptor; Gene conversion; Glutamate receptor; Incongruence length difference; Recombination event

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 0034944643     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003926     Document Type: Letter

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