A computational study of Elongation Factor G (EFG) duplicated genes: Diverged nature underlying the innovation on the same structural template

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Margus, Tõnu ^a,b   Remm, Maido ^a,b   Tenson, Tanel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR G; ELONGATION FACTOR G1; ELONGATION FACTOR G2; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SPDEFG1; PROTEIN SPDEFG2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INDEL MUTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; GENETICS; GENOME;

GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79961157155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022789     Document Type: Article

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