Phylogenetic analysis of bacterial and archaeal arsC gene sequences suggests an ancient, common origin for arsenate reductase

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Jackson, Colin R ^a   Dugas, Sandra L ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIALES; EUKARYOTA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARSENITE TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE; GENETICS; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ARSENITE TRANSPORTING ATPASES; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; ION PUMPS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0346691765     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-3-18     Document Type: Review

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