Structure and molecular phylogeny of sasA genes in cyanobacteria: Insights into evolution of the prokaryotic circadian system

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1468-1476

  Dvornyk, Volodymyr ^a   Deng, Hong Wen ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Circadian system; Cyanobacteria; Evolution; Prokaryotes; sasA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SENSORY TRANSDUCTION HISTIDINE KINASE SASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; KAI GENE; KAIA GENE; KAIB GENE; KAIC GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SASA GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; KAIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SASA;

EID: 3242785814     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh106     Document Type: Article

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