Dramatic Diversity of Ciliate Histone H4 Genes Revealed by Comparisons of Patterns of Substitutions and Paralog Divergences among Eukaryotes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 555-562

  Katz, Laura A ^a,b   Bornstein, Jacob G ^b   Lasek Nesselquist, Erica ^a,d   Muse, Spencer V ^c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal rearrangements; Ciliates; Fate of paralogs; Histone H4; Macronucleus; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CILIATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MACRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; HISTONES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1542614590     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh048     Document Type: Article

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