Intraphylum diversity and complex evolution of cyanobacterial aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2369-2389

  Luque, Ignacio ^a   Riera Alberola, María Loreto ^a   Andújar, Alfonso ^a   Ochoa De Alda, Jesús A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b IE UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Cyanobacteria; Domain shuffling; Gene duplication; Horizontal gene transfer; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ARGININE-TRNA LIGASE; ASPARTATE-TRNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-TRNA LIGASE; HISTIDINE-TRNA LIGASE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; RNA, TRANSFER, ASN; RNA, TRANSFER, GLN; THREONINE-TRNA LIGASE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 54149085178     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn197     Document Type: Article

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