Analysis of putative nonulosonic acid biosynthesis pathways in Archaea reveals a complex evolutionary history

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-120

  Kandiba, Lina ^a   Eichler, Jerry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lateral gene transfer; N glycosylation; Post translational modification

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; NONULOSONIC ACID SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEON; BIOGENESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

LATERAL GENE TRANSFER; N-GLYCOSYLATION; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GLYCOSYLATION; PHYLOGENY; SUGAR ACIDS;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84880589778     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12193     Document Type: Letter

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