Evolutionary diversification of an ancient gene family (rhs) through C-terminal displacement

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jackson, Andrew P ^a   Thomas, Gavin H ^b   Parkhill, Julian ^a   Thomson, Nicholas R ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 73149111266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-584     Document Type: Article

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