Patterns of molecular evolution in pathogenesis-related proteins

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-653

  Scherer, Nicole M ^a,b   Thompson, Claudia E ^a   Freitas, Loreta B ^a   Bonatto, Sandro L ^c   Salzano, Francisco M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood methods; Molecular variability; Pathogenesis related proteins; Positive selection; PRs

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PATHOGENESIS RELATED PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENETIC CODE; GENUS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 31044438484     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572005000500001     Document Type: Article

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