Ribonuclease A Homologues of the Zebrafish: Polymorphism, Crystal Structures of Two Representatives and their Evolutionary Implications

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 206-222

  Kazakou, Konstantina ^a   Holloway, Daniel E ^a   Prior, Stephen H ^a   Subramanian, Vasanta ^a   Acharya, K Ravi ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angiogenin; protein evolution; ribonuclease; X ray crystallography; zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; DNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMPHIBIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44649153480     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.070     Document Type: Article

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