Lineage-Specific Homogenization of the Polyubiquitin Gene among Human and Great Apes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 737-744

  Tachikui, Hiroshi ^a   Saitou, Naruya ^b   Nakajima, Toshiaki ^a   Hayasaka, Ikuo ^c   Ishida, Takafumi ^a   Inoue, Ituro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c SANWA KAGAKU KENKYUSHO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth and death evolution; Concerted evolution; Polyubiquitin gene; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; POLYUBIQUITIN; SPACER DNA; UBIQUITIN;

APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSSING OVER; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINE; GORILLA; HUMAN; INTRON; LINEAGE SPECIFIC HOMOGENIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANG UTAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; UBB GENE; UBC GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYUBIQUITIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; UBIQUITIN;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; EUKARYOTA; HOMINOIDEA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0346104822     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2532-4     Document Type: Article

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