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On the origin of Ser/Thr kinases in a prokaryote.
FEMS microbiology letters - 12 Jun 2001
Han G, Zhang C C
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The family of Ser/Thr and/or Tyr kinases and that of His kinases play essential roles in signal transduction. For a long time, the former has been found in eukaryotes, the latter in prokaryotes. Studies in the last decade have shown, however, that most bacteria possess from one to more than 10 genes encoding Ser/Thr kinases. This observation raises an important question concerning the evolutionary origin of...
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