Connectivity of neutral networks, overdispersion, and structural conservation in protein evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-254

  Bastolla, Ugo ^a   Porto, Markus ^b   Roman, H Eduardo ^c   Vendruscolo, Michele ^d  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conserved protein residues; Neutral evolution; Non Poissonian substitution process

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0037373550     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2350-0     Document Type: Article

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