Article
The root of the universal tree and the origin of eukaryotes based on elongation factor phylogeny.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Jul 1996
Baldauf S L, Palmer J D, Doolittle W F
Abstract excerpt
The genes for the protein synthesis elongation factors Tu (EF-Tu) and G (EF-G) are the products of an ancient gene duplication, which appears to predate the divergence of all extant organismal lineages. Thus, it should be possible to root a universal phylogeny based on either protein using the se...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphatases
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Bacteria
- Consensus Sequence
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Peptide Elongation Factor G
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu
- Peptide Elongation Factors
- Phylogeny
- Plants
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid