LEADER 03211nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910778453603321 005 20230721022955.0 010 $a0-674-04212-3 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674042124 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805582 035 $a(OCoLC)456276613 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10318531 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000161314 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163088 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161314 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191030 035 $a(PQKB)10257655 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300534 035 $a(DE-B1597)457734 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954096 035 $a(OCoLC)1029819685 035 $a(OCoLC)1032690457 035 $a(OCoLC)1037981461 035 $a(OCoLC)1042034731 035 $a(OCoLC)1046605271 035 $a(OCoLC)1047007519 035 $a(OCoLC)979683503 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674042124 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300534 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318531 035 $a(OCoLC)923111690 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805582 100 $a20060516d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGene sharing and evolution$b[electronic resource] $ethe diversity of protein functions /$fJoram Piatigorsky 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-02341-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-305) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $t1. What Is "Gene Sharing"? -- $t2. Multifunctions and Functional Shifts: Echos from the Past -- $t3. The Elusive Concept of a "Gene" -- $t4. Eyes and Lenses: Gene Sharing by Crystallins -- $t5. The Enigmatic "Corneal Crystallins": Putative Cases of Gene Sharing -- $t6. Gene Sharing as a Common Event: Many Multifunctional Proteins -- $t7. Gene Sharing during Gene Expression -- $t8. Gene Sharing As a Dynamic Evolutionary Process: Antifreeze Proteins and Hemoglobins -- $t9. Gene Duplication and the Evolution of New Functions -- $t10. Gene Sharing and Systems Biology: Implications and Speculations -- $t11. Recapitulations: Ambiguities and Possibilities -- $tGlossary -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aGenetic regulation 606 $aProteins$xEvolution 606 $aEye$xMolecular aspects 606 $aCrystalline lens 615 0$aGenetic regulation. 615 0$aProteins$xEvolution. 615 0$aEye$xMolecular aspects. 615 0$aCrystalline lens. 676 $a572/.6 686 $aWG 1940$2rvk 700 $aPiatigorsky$b Joram$01512542 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778453603321 996 $aGene sharing and evolution$93746489 997 $aUNINA