The origin of conserved protein domains and amino acid repeats via adaptive competition for control over amino acid residues

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-43

  Rorick, Mary M ^a,b   Wagner, Günter P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid repeats; Conserved protein domain; Homeodomain; Homopeptide; Transcription factor evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOXA13; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 76749144633     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9305-7     Document Type: Article

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