The hidden universal distribution of amino acid biosynthetic networks: A genomic perspective on their origins and evolution

Genome Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Hernández Montes, Georgina ^a   Díaz Mejía, J Javier ^a,b,c   Pérez Rueda, Ernesto ^a   Segovia, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; ENZYME; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; LIFESTYLE; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION; HUMANS;

EID: 47249165755     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-r95     Document Type: Article

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