A genomic survey of HECT ubiquitin ligases in eukaryotes reveals independent expansions of the HECT system in several lineages

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 833-847

  Grau Bové, Xavier ^a   Sebé Pedrós, Arnau ^a   Ruiz Trillo, Iñaki ^a,b,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Holozoa; Last common ancestor of eukaryotes; Multicellularity; Posttranslational regulation; Ubiquitination pathway

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; UBIQUITINATION; ARTICLE; HOLOZOA; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR OF EUKARYOTES; MULTICELLULARITY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; UBIQUITINATION PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION;

HOLOZOA; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR OF EUKARYOTES; MULTICELLULARITY; POSTTRANSLATIONAL REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION PATHWAY;

EID: 84880278879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt052     Document Type: Article

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