The evolutionary history of the genes involved in the biosynthesis of the antioxidant ergothioneine

Gene

Volumn 549, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 161-170

  Jones, Gary W ^a   Doyle, Sean ^a   Fitzpatrick, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ergothioneine; Fungal; Fusion gene; Phylogenetics; Prokaryotes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN EGTA; PROTEIN EGTB; PROTEIN EGTC; PROTEIN EGTD; THIONEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCOTINA SUBPHYLUM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCOTINA;

ANTIOXIDANT; ERGOTHIONEINE; FUNGAL; FUSION GENE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERGOTHIONEINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84905722172     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.07.065     Document Type: Article

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