Enhanced synonymous site divergence in positively selected vertebrate antimicrobial peptide genes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 445-455

  Tennessen, Jacob A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Coordinated evolution; Intragenic variation; Mutation rate; Positive selection; Substitution rate; Synonymous sites; Transversion transition ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ERROR; GENE MUTATION; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOMIZATION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISH PROTEINS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; VERTEBRATES;

ANURA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26244445179     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0330-2     Document Type: Article

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