Evolution of elongation factor G and the origins of mitochondrial and chloroplast forms

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1281-1292

  Atkinson, Gemma C ^a,b   Baldauf, Sandra L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

EF G; elongation factor G; organelle; paralogy; ribosome; translation; xenology

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; SPIROCHETE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHLOROPLASTS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPIROCHAETALES;

CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 79952151614     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq316     Document Type: Article

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