A genome-wide phylogenetic reconstruction of family 1 UDP- glycosyltransferases revealed the expansion of the family during the adaptation of plants to life on land

Plant Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1030-1042

  Caputi, Lorenzo ^a   Malnoy, Mickael ^a   Goremykin, Vadim ^a   Nikiforova, Svetlana ^a   Martens, Stefan ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

A. thaliana; glycosyltransferases; molecular evolution; phylogenetic analysis; plant genome; PSPG motif

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT GENOMES; PSPG MOTIF; THALIANA;

ENZYMES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANT EXPANSION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES;

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EMBRYOPHYTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859165041     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04853.x     Document Type: Article

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