Gene sharing and evolution [[electronic resource] ] : the diversity of protein functions / / Joram Piatigorsky

• Autore: Piatigorsky Joram
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 572/.6
• Soggetto topico: Genetic regulation; Proteins - Evolution; Eye - Molecular aspects; Crystalline lens
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• ISBN: 0-674-04212-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455140103321
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