INTRONS AND EXONS

被引:74
作者
PATTHY, L
机构
[1] Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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10.1016/S0959-440X(94)90108-2
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Analysis of the exon-intron structures of genes, and a survey of the evolutionary distribution of mosaic proteins suggest that modularization of protein domains by intron insertions and their dispersal through exon-shuffling become significant on ly in higher eukaryotes. The appearance of this powerful evolutionary mechanism probably contributed significantly to the 'Big Bang' of metazoan radiation.
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