Common evolutionary origin and birth-and-death process in the replication-independent histone H1 isoforms from vertebrate and invertebrate genomes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-407

  Eirín López, José M ^a   Ruiz, M Fernanda ^b   González Tizón, Ana M ^a   Martínez, Andrés ^a   Ausió, Juan ^c   Sánchez, Lucas ^b   Méndez, Josefina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

"Orphon" genes; Birth and death evolution; Histone H1; Invertebrates; Purifying selection; Replication independent genes

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HISTONES; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VERTEBRATES;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25144488591     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0328-9     Document Type: Article

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