Protein interactions limit the rate of evolution of photosynthetic genes in cyanobacteria

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2179-2189

  Shi, Tuo ^a   Bibby, Thomas S ^a   Jiang, Lin ^a   Irwin, Andrew J ^a,c   Falkowski, Paul G ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Coevolution; Cyanobacteria; Gene order; Photosynthesis; Protein protein interactions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INTERACTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 26444530167     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi216     Document Type: Article

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