Role of low-complexity sequences in the formation of novel protein coding sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 883-886

  Toll Riera, MacArena ^a   Radó Trilla, Núria ^a   Martys, Florian ^a   Albá, M Mar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

gene age; low complexity sequence; protein domain evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODING; HUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857224836     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr263     Document Type: Article

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