Molecular evolution of the βγ lens crystallin superfamily: Evidence for a retained ancestral function in γn crystallins?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1127-1142

  Weadick, Cameron J ^a   Chang, Belinda S W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

crystallins; N crystallins; Calcium binding; Gene duplication; Novel intron; Protein structure function

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETAGAMMA LENS CRYSTALLIN; CRYSTALLIN; GAMMAN CRYSTALLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA CRYSTALLIN; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

POECILIA RETICULATA; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-CRYSTALLINS; CATTLE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GAMMA-CRYSTALLINS; INTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POECILIA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 65349153810     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp028     Document Type: Article

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