Domains within the mammalian ornithine decarboxylase messenger RNA have evolved independently and episodically.

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Domains within the mammalian ornithine decarboxylase messenger RNA have evolved independently and episodically.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Jun 1993

Johannes G J, Berger F G

Abstract excerpt

Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is the first enzyme in the polyamine biosynthetic pathway. We have studied the evolutionary history of the mammalian ODC mRNA, focusing on the rate of accumulation of sequence divergence within specific subregions of the molecule. The phylogenetic relationships among...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Genes
Humans
Mammals
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Ornithine Decarboxylase
Phylogeny
RNA, Messenger
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Homology
Species Specificity
Time Factors

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