| Literature DB >> 18054113 |
Pere Puigbò1, Alberto Pasamontes, Santiago Garcia-Vallve.
Abstract
We studied the evolution of thermophily in prokaryotes using the phylogenetic relationships between 279 bacteria and archaea and their thermophilic amino acid composition signature. Our findings suggest several examples in which the capacity of thermophilic adaptation has been gained or lost over relatively short evolutionary periods throughout the evolution of prokaryotes.Mesh:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18054113 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.10.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Genet ISSN: 0168-9525 Impact factor: 11.639