Carotenoid biosynthetic pathway: Molecular phylogenies and evolutionary behavior of crt genes in eubacteria

Gene

Volumn 345, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 35-43

  Phadwal, Kanchan ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Carotenoid regulatory genes; Gene duplication; Lateral gene transfer; Nonsynonymous nucleotide substitutions (dN); Synonymous nucleotide substitutions (dS)

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ISOPRENOID; LYCOPENE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHYTOENE; SYNTHETIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ALGORITHM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYCLIZATION; DEHYDROGENATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 13444263680     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.11.038     Document Type: Article

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