Functional Divergence Prediction from Evolutionary Analysis: A Case Study of Vertebrate Hemoglobin

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1754-1759

  Gribaldo, Simonetta ^a   Casane, Didier ^a   Lopez, Philippe ^a   Philippe, Hervé ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Covarion; Evolutionary rate; Hemoglobin; Heterotachy; Protein function; Tertiary structures

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242666374     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg171     Document Type: Article

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