Qualifying the relationship between sequence conservation and molecular function

Genome Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-205

  Cooper, Gregory M ^a   Brown, Christopher D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39049086371     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.7205808     Document Type: Review

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