Evolutionary analysis of phycobiliproteins: Implications for their structural and functional relationships

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-340

  Zhao, Fangqing ^a,b   Qin, Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Covariation analysis; Cyanobacteria; Phycobiliprotein; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMATOPHORE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYCOBILISOME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RED ALGA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYCOBILIPROTEINS; PHYCOBILISOMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33748979723     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0026-2     Document Type: Article

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