Homologs of eukaryotic Ras superfamily proteins in prokaryotes and their novel phylogenetic correlation with their eukaryotic analogs

Gene

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-124

  Dong, Jiu Hong ^a,b   Wen, Jian Fan ^a   Tian, Hai Feng ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Genome survey; MglA; Origin; Small GTPase

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; DOCKING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN MG1A; PROTEIN SAR1; PROTEIN SRBETA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAB PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC DATABASE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; TAXONOMY; THERMOPLASMALES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RAS PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOPLASMATALES;

EID: 34249282745     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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