Experimental Evolution of Escherichia coli Harboring an Ancient Translation Protein

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2017, Pages 69-84

  Kacar, Betül ^a,b   Ge, Xueliang ^c   Sanyal, Suparna ^c   Gaucher, Eric A ^d  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TUFB PROTEIN, E COLI;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, ANCIENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 85013670583     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-017-9781-0     Document Type: Article

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