Evolutionary aspects of the synuclein super-family and sub-families based on large-scale phylogenetic and group-discrimination analysis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 441, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 308-317

  Yuan, Jiawen ^a   Zhao, Yuwu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

His50; Parkinson's disease; Phylogenetic tree; Synuclein

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; SYNUCLEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

HIS50; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SYNUCLEIN;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-SYNUCLEIN; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; COPPER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GAMMA-SYNUCLEIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84887992807     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.09.132     Document Type: Article

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