Updating carbamoylphosphate synthase (CPS) phylogenies: Occurrence and phylogenetic identity of archaeal CPS genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-160

  Cammarano, Piero ^a   Gribaldo, Simonetta ^a   Johann, Andre ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CarA; CarB; Carbamoylphosphate synthase; Gene loss; Lateral gene transfer; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (GLUTAMINE HYDROLYSING);

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLAMYDIA; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METHANOBACTERIALES; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PYROCOCCUS; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; THERMOPLASMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AEROPYRUM; AEROPYRUM PERNIX; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIAE; EUKARYOTA; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HALOBACTERIALES; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOMICROBIALES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; PYROBACULUM; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM; PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RICKETTSIA; SPIROCHAETES; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; SULFOLOBUS TOKODAII; THERMOPLASMA; THERMOPLASMATALES;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (GLUTAMINE-HYDROLYZING); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036308267     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2312-6     Document Type: Article

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