Journal article
Molecular evolution of the vesicle coat component βCOP in Toxoplasma gondii
Abstract
Coatomer coated (COPI) vesicles play a pivotal role for multiple membrane trafficking steps throughout the eukaryotic cell. Our focus is on betaCOP, one of the most well known components of the COPI multi-protein complex. Amino acid differences in betaCOP may dictate functional divergence across species during the course of evolution, especially with regards to the evolutionary pressures on obligate intracellular parasites. A bioinformatic …
Authors
Smith SS; Pfluger SL; Hjort E; McArthur AG; Hager KM
Journal
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 1284–1294
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.031
ISSN
1055-7903