Phylogenetic analysis and classification of the fungal bHLH domain

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1301-1318

  Sailsbery, Joshua K ^a   Atchley, William R ^a   Dean, Ralph A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; BHLH; Discriminant; Fungal; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BINDING SITE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; EREMOTHECIUM; EUROTIALES; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; ONYGENALES; PHYLOGENY; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DECISION TREES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOME, FUNGAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84862844509     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr288     Document Type: Article

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