Lateral gene transfer in phylogeny of azoreductase enzyme

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-197

  Bafana, Amit ^a   Chakrabarti, Tapan ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Azoreductase; Conserved motif; Lateral transfer; Phylogeny; Small subunit rRNA

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DNA; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; RNA;

AZOREDUCTASE; CONSERVED MOTIF; LATERAL TRANSFER; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SMALL SUBUNIT RRNA;

ENZYMES;

AZO REDUCTASE; NUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DATABASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 43249111675     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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