Convergent domestication of pogo-like transposases into centromere-binding proteins in fission yeast and mammals

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-41

  Casola, Claudio ^a   Hucks, Donald ^a   Feschotte, Cédric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abp1; CENP B; Centromeres; Convergence; Exaptation; Transposon domestication

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B; CENTROMERE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; DOMESTICATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; TRANSPOSON; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSASES;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; ENTAMOEBA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38349103460     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm221     Document Type: Article

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