Co-evolution of the branch site and SR proteins in eukaryotes

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 590-594

  Plass, Mireya ^a   Agirre, Eneritz ^a   Reyes, Diana ^b   Camara, Francisco ^b   Eyras, Eduardo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; SERINE;

EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA SPLICING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; METAZOA;

EID: 56349150399     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2008.10.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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