Strong functional patterns in the evolution of eukaryotic genomes revealed by the reconstruction of ancestral protein domain repertoires

Genome Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zmasek, Christian M ^a   Godzik, Adam ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CNIDARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOSS; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; INTESTINE FLORA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; METABOLISM; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTOSTOMIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 78651412161     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-1-r4     Document Type: Article

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