Molecular evolution of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter family: Identification of novel family members in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2199-2210

  Acimovic, Yugo ^a   Coe, Imogen R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ENT4; Equilibrative nucleoside transporters; Evolution; Prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; MYXOGASTRIA; PROKARYOTA; UROCHORDATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036900142     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004044     Document Type: Article

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