Molecular evolution of the nontandemly repeated genes of the histone 3 multigene family

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-75

  Rooney, A P ^a   Piontkivska, H ^a   Nei, M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth and death evolution; Concerted evolution; Histone; Multigene family; Purifying selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HISTONE H3; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TANDEM REPEAT;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036135442     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003983     Document Type: Article

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