Evolution of a microbial nitrilase gene family: A comparative and environmental genomics study

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Podar, Mircea ^a   Eads, Jonathan R ^a   Richardson, Toby H ^a  

^a DIVERSA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; NITRILASE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AMINOHYDROLASES; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; GENOME; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 24344443169     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-5-42     Document Type: Article

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