Segmentally variable genes: A new perspective on adaptation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Zheng, Yu ^a   Roberts, Richard J ^b   Kasif, Simon ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ACCLIMATIZATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINEAGE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 19344363636     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020081     Document Type: Article

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