Detection of lateral gene transfer events in the prokaryotic tRNA synthetases by the ratios of evolutionary distances method

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 615-631

  Farahi, Kamyar ^a   Pusch, Gordon D ^b   Overbeek, Ross ^c   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Integrated Genomics Inc   (United States)

^c FIG   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Lateral gene transfers; Ratios of evolutionary distances; RED T; Ribosomal proteins

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PROKARYOTE; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2342661195     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2582-2     Document Type: Article

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