Degeneration and domestication of a selfish gene in yeast: Molecular evolution versus site-directed mutagenesis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1535-1538

  Koufopanou, Vassiliki ^a   Burt, Austin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HEG; Molecular evolution; Saccharomycetaceae; Site directed mutagenesis; VDE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CARIOCANUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VDE GENE; YEAST; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES BAILII;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHYLOGENY; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; YEASTS;

SACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 20444391629     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi149     Document Type: Article

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