Evolutionary divergence of the cytochrome b5 gene of Drosophila.

doi:10.1007/BF00160314

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Evolutionary divergence of the cytochrome b5 gene of Drosophila.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Oct 1995

Kula M E, Allay E R, Rozek C E

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Cytochrome proteins perform a broad spectrum of biological functions ranging from oxidative metabolism to electron transport and are thus essential to all organisms. The b-type cytochrome proteins bind heme noncovalently, are expressed in many different forms and are localized to various cellular...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Cytochromes b5
Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster
Genes, Insect
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Restriction Mapping
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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