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Gene sharing and evolution : the diversity of protein functions / / Joram Piatigorsky



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Autore: Piatigorsky Joram Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gene sharing and evolution : the diversity of protein functions / / Joram Piatigorsky Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina: 572/.6
Soggetto topico: Genetic regulation
Proteins - Evolution
Eye - Molecular aspects
Crystalline lens
Classificazione: WG 1940
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-305) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Gene sharing and evolution  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-674-04212-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812923603321
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