Gene sharing and evolution : the diversity of protein functions /
In Gene Sharing and Evolution Piatigorsky explores the generality and implications of gene sharing throughout evolution and argues that most if not all proteins perform a variety of functions in the same and in different species, and that this is a fundamental necessity for evolution.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- 1. What Is "Gene Sharing"?
- 2. Multifunctions and Functional Shifts: Echos from the Past
- 3. The Elusive Concept of a "Gene"
- 4. Eyes and Lenses: Gene Sharing by Crystallins
- 5. The Enigmatic "Corneal Crystallins": Putative Cases of Gene Sharing
- 6. Gene Sharing as a Common Event: Many Multifunctional Proteins
- 7. Gene Sharing during Gene Expression
- 8. Gene Sharing As a Dynamic Evolutionary Process: Antifreeze Proteins and Hemoglobins
- 9. Gene Duplication and the Evolution of New Functions
- 10. Gene Sharing and Systems Biology: Implications and Speculations
- 11. Recapitulations: Ambiguities and Possibilities
- Glossary
- References
- Index.