The VEin Patterning 1 (VEP1) gene family laterally spread through an ecological network

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Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Tarrío, Rosa ^b,c   Ayala, Francisco J ^c   Rodríguez Trelles, Francisco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GREEN ALGA; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VEIN PATTERNING 1 GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EQUIDAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 79960797245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022279     Document Type: Article

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