Comparative genomics of the FtsK-HerA superfamily of pumping ATPases: Implications for the origins of chromosome segregation, cell division and viral capsid packaging

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5260-5279

  Iyer, Lakshiminarayan M ^a   Makarova, Kira S ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a   Aravind, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; MRE11 PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN FTSK; PROTEIN HERA; RAD50 PROTEIN; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAPSID PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSK PROTEIN, E COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; ENDONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUSES;

EID: 5144223072     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh828     Document Type: Review

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