Interkingdom gene fusions

Genome Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Wolf, Yuri I ^a   Kondrashov, Alexey S ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional Data File; Domain Fusion; Hyperthermophilic Bacterium; Multidomain Protein; Recipient Genome

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FORMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVATING ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; PHOSPHOTRIESTERASE HOMOLOGY PROTEIN, E COLI; PROTEOME; PYRUVATE FORMATE-LYASE ACTIVATING ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES; GENOME; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 17144436080     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2000-1-6-research0013     Document Type: Article

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