Evolution of hyperactive, repetitive antifreeze proteins in beetles

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-398

  Graham, Laurie A ^a   Qin, Wensheng ^a   Lougheed, Stephen C ^a   Davies, Peter L ^a   Walker, Virginia K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codon bias; Darwinian selection; Multigene families; Nonsynonymous changes; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TENEBRIO; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BEETLES; CODON; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOGENES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROIDES CANADENSIS; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 34247857579     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0256-3     Document Type: Article

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