The lengthening of a giant protein: When, how, and why?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Meiniel, Olivier ^a   Meiniel, Robert ^a   Lalloué, Fabrice ^b   Didier, Robert ^a   Jauberteau, Marie Odile ^b   Meiniel, Annie ^a   Petit, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Deuterostomia; SCO spondin; SCO spondin repeat; Thrombospondin type 1 repeat

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINODERM; GENETIC CODE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UROCHORDATA; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CIONA SAVIGNYI; DANIO RERIO; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; MAMMALIA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; TELEOSTEI; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38649124641     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-007-9055-3     Document Type: Article

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