The guanine nucleotide exchange factors Sec2 and PRONE: Candidate synapomorphies for the Opisthokonta and the Archaeplastida

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1526-1529

  Elias, Marek ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Archaeplastida; Eukaryotes; GTPases; Opisthokonta; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR PRONE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR SEC2; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; GREEN ALGA; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNAPOMORPHY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXOCYTOSIS; FUNGI; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEPLASTIDA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; METAZOA; PLANTAE; RHODOPHYTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 47649084296     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn113     Document Type: Article

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