Molecular Evolution of Nitrogen Fixation: The Evolutionary History of the nifD, nifK, nifE, and nifN Genes

2000/07/01 by Renato Fani, Romina Gallo, Pietro Liò +1 · 186 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Energy · #Biology #ENCODE #Evolutionary biology #Functional divergence #Gene #Gene duplication #Gene family #Genetics #Genome #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins #Molecular evolution #Operon #Phylogenetics #RNA modifications and cancer #Tandem exon duplication

paper · doi:10.1007/s002390010061

published in Journal of Molecular Evolution 51(1), 1-11 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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