Ancient origin of glycosyl hydrolase family 9 cellulase genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1273-1284

  Davison, Angus ^a,b   Blaxter, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Expressed sequence tag; Glycosyl hydrolase; Horizontal gene transfer

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYL HYDROLASE FAMILY 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; METAZOON; MONOPHYLY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 17744380000     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi107     Document Type: Article

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