Genome and protein evolution in eukaryotes

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-45

  Copley, Richard R ^a   Letunic, Ivica ^a   Bork, Peer ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; SMAD PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036468574     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(01)00278-2     Document Type: Review

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