Untangling the evolution of Rab G proteins: implications of a comprehensive genomic analysis

BMC Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Klöpper, Tobias H ^a   Kienle, Nickias ^b   Fasshauer, Dirk ^b   Munro, Sean ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

G proteins; Humans; Last eukaryotic common ancestor; Organelles

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

RAB PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865378898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-71     Document Type: Article

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