The myofibrillar protein, projectin, is highly conserved across insect evolution except for its PEVK domain

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-669

  Ayme Southgate, Agnes J ^a   Southgate, Richard J ^a   Philipp, Richard A ^a   Sotka, Erik E ^a   Kramp, Catherine ^a  

^a School of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic protein; Flight; Insect evolution; Modular protein; Muscle; PEVK; Projectin; Titin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROJECTIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; FLY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPECIES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EXON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOFIBRILS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 65349085530     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9177-2     Document Type: Article

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