Plant expansins in bacteria and fungi: Evolution by horizontal gene transfer and independent domain fusion

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 376-386

  Nikolaidis, Nikolas ^a   Doran, Nicole ^a   Cosgrove, Daniel J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

convergence; endoglucanases; grass pollen allergens; plant pathogens; xenology

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; PATULIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMOEBOZOA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CELL; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GENE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CONVERGENCE; ENDOGLUCANASES; GRASS-POLLEN ALLERGENS; PLANT PATHOGENS; XENOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMOEBOZOA; BACTERIA; CELLULASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84893112532     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst206     Document Type: Article

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