A novel gene family in moss (Physcomitrella patens) shows sequence homology and a phylogenetic relationship with the TIR-NBS class of plant disease resistance genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 595-605

  Akita, Motomu ^a   Valkonen, Jari P T ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disease resistance gene; DNA sequence variation; Moss; Nucleotide binding site; Physcomitrella patens; Plant evolution; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOSS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0036841365     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2355-8     Document Type: Article

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