Evolutionary pathways of an ancient gene recX

Gene

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Lin, Jun ^a,b   Chen, Zhong Zhong ^a   Tian, Bing ^a   Hua, Yue Jin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Evolution of DNA repair; Gene fusion; Gene loss; RecA; RecX

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RECX; RECA PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA REPAIR; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE FUSION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECX GENE; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 33845603086     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.07.031     Document Type: Article

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