Phylogenetic and exon-intron structure analysis of fungal subtilisins: Support for a mixed model of intron evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-246

  Wang, Chengshu ^a,c   Typas, Milton A ^b   Butt, Tariq M ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Exon intron structure; Intron evolution; Metarhizium anisopliae; Phylogenetic congruence; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PR1A PROTEIN; PRIJ PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; INTRON; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPOCREALES; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 16444367324     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0147-z     Document Type: Article

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