Evolutionary history of the chitin synthases of eukaryotes

Glycobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 635-639

  Morozov, Alexey A ^a   Likhoshway, Yelena V ^a  

^a LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

chitin; glycotansferase; horizontal gene transfer; protein evolution

Indexed keywords

CHITIN SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; ENTAMOEBA; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE LOSS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACANTHAMOEBA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CILIOPHORA; DIATOMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; ISOENZYMES; OOMYCETES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84973324656     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww018     Document Type: Article

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