The two faces of Alba: the evolutionary connection between proteins participating in chromatin structure and RNA metabolism

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Aravind, L ^a   Iyer, Lakshminarayan M ^a   Anantharaman, Vivek ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alba; Chromosomal Protein; Last Universal Common Ancestor; Macronuclear Development; Phyletic Pattern

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA; SSO10B PROTEIN, SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHROMATIN; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SULFOLOBUS;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 3042784127     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-10-r64     Document Type: Article

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