Comparable contributions of structural-functional constraints and expression level to the rate of protein sequence evolution

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Proteins show a broad range of evolutionary rates. Understanding the factors that are responsible for the characteristic rate of evolution of a given protein arguably is one of the major goals of evolutionary biology. A long-standing...

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Main Authors: Koonin Eugene V, Wolf Yuri I, Wolf Maxim Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:Biology Direct
Online Access:http://www.biology-direct.com/content/3/1/40