Analyses of six homologous proteins of Protochlamydia amoebophila UWE25 encoded by large GC-rich genes (lgr): A model of evolution and concatenation of leucine-rich repeats

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Eugster, Myriam ^a   Roten, Claude Alain H ^a,b   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT PROTEINS; LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEINS; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METABOLISM; DNA TRANSFER; GC RICH SEQUENCE; LEGIONELLA; LGRA GENE; LGRD GENE; LGRE GENE; LGRF GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOCHLAMYDIA AMOEBOPHILA; RALSTONIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PROTOCHLAMYDIA AMOEBOPHILA; EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA; MAMMALIA; RALSTONIA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIALES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; LEUCINE; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 38649125266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-231     Document Type: Article

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