Phylogenetics and evolution of Su(var)3-9 SET genes in land plants: Rapid diversification in structure and function

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zhu, Xinyu ^a,b   Ma, Hong ^c,d   Chen, Zhiduan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; MOSS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN;

BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

METHYLTRANSFERASE; SU(VAR)3 9; SU(VAR)3-9;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79952358003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-63     Document Type: Article

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