Evolutionary plasticity of methionine biosynthesis

Gene

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 48-57

  Gophna, Uri ^a   Bapteste, Eric ^a   Doolittle, W Ford ^a   Biran, Dvora ^b   Ron, Eliora Z ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cystathionine; Evolutionary patchwork; Homocysteine; Homoserine trans acetylase; Homoserine trans succinylase; Horizontal gene transfer

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOSS; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASTICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 23644442434     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.05.028     Document Type: Article

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