Evolution of the telomere-associated protein POT1a in arabidopsis thaliana is characterized by positive selection to reinforce protein-protein interaction

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1329-1341

  Beilstein, Mark A ^a,b   Renfrew, Kyle B ^b   Song, Xiangyu ^b   Shakirov, Eugene V ^c,d   Zanis, Michael J ^e   Shippen, Dorothy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Brassicaceae; CTC1; positive selection; POT1; telomere

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTECTION OF TELOMERASE 1A; TELOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CTC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POT1A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; POT1A GENE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84929650224     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv025     Document Type: Article

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