Article
Determining the evolutionary potential of a gene.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 1998
Hall B G, Malik H S
Abstract excerpt
In addition to information for current functions, the sequence of a gene includes potential information for the evolution of new functions. The wild-type ebgA (evolved beta-galactosidase) gene of Escherichia coli encodes a virtually inactive beta-galactosidase, but that gene has the potential to...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Binding Sites
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genes, Bacterial
- Lac Operon
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- beta-Galactosidase