Tracing the origin of the fungal α1 domain places its ancestor in the HMG-box superfamily: Implication for fungal mating-type evolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Martin, Tom ^a   Lu, Shun Wen ^b,e   van Tilbeurgh, Herman ^c   Ripoll, Daniel R ^b,f   Dixelius, Christina ^a   Turgeon, B Gillian ^b   Debuchy, Robert ^c,d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f BHSAI/MRMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL ALPHA1 PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN MATALPHA1P; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ASCOMYCOTA; PEZIZOMYCOTINA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78650097545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015199     Document Type: Article

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