Evolution of bacterial RNA polymerase: Implications for large-scale bacterial phylogeny, domain accretion, and horizontal gene transfer

Gene

Volumn 335, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 73-88

  Iyer, Lakshminarayan M ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a   Aravind, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

module; Bacterial evolution; BBM; DdRp; DNA dependent RNA polymerase; DNA dependent RNA polymerases; Domain architecture; double psi barrel; DPBB; Phylogenetic analysis; RRM; Sandwich Barrel Hybrid Motif; SBHM; Synapomorphy

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; CHLAMYDIA; CHLOROBIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPIROCHETE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AQUIFEX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLOROBIUM; CYTOPHAGA; FUSOBACTERIUM; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETES; THERMOTOGA;

EID: 2942576138     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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