A unique RPW8-encoding class of genes that originated in early land plants and evolved through domain fission, fusion, and duplication

Species-specific duplications driving the recent expansion of NBS-LRR genes in five Rosaceae species

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Evolution of New Functions De Novo and from Preexisting Genes

(2015) Dan I. Andersson et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Orphans and new gene origination, a structural and evolutionary perspective

(2014) Sara Light et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Long-Term Evolution of Nucleotide-Binding Site-Leucine-Rich Repeat Genes: Understanding Gained from and beyond the Legume Family

(2014) Zhu-Qing Shao et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Functional requirements driving the gene duplication in 12 Drosophila species

(2013) Yan Zhong et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Identification and localisation of the NB-LRR gene family within the potato genome

(2012) Florian Jupe et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Dynamics and Adaptive Benefits of Protein Domain Emergence and Arrangements during Plant Genome Evolution

(2012) Anna R. Kersting et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Multiple tandem duplication of the phenylalanine ammonia-lyase genes in Cucumis sativus L.

(2012) Qing-Mao Shang et al.   PLANTA

A Primary Survey on Bryophyte Species Reveals Two Novel Classes of Nucleotide-Binding Site (NBS) Genes

(2012) Jia-Yu Xue et al.   PLoS One

The Dynamics and Evolutionary Potential of Domain Loss and Emergence

(2011) A. D. Moore et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Cell Death Mediated by the N-Terminal Domains of a Unique and Highly Conserved Class of NB-LRR Protein

(2011) Sarah M. Collier et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

NLR functions in plant and animal immune systems: so far and yet so close

(2011) Takaki Maekawa et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Tracing the origin and evolutionary history of plant nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes

(2011) Jia-Xing Yue et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Ecoresponsive Genome of Daphnia pulex

(2011) J. K. Colbourne et al.   SCIENCE

Protein secondary structure appears to be robust under in silico evolution while protein disorder appears not to be

(2010) Christian Schaefer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Relative evolutionary rates of NBS-encoding genes revealed by soybean segmental duplication

(2010) Xiaohui Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Quantifying the mechanisms of domain gain in animal proteins

(2010) Marija Buljan et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The evolution of protein domain families

(2009) Marija Buljan et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

The evolutionary significance of ancient genome duplications

(2009) Yves Van de Peer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Nature of the protein universe

(2009) M. Levitt   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Evolutionary Mechanics of Domain Organization in Proteomes and the Rise of Modularity in the Protein World

(2009) Minglei Wang et al.   STRUCTURE

De Novo Origination of a New Protein-Coding Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2008) J. Cai et al.   GENETICS

On the origin of new genes in Drosophila

(2008) Q. Zhou et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Recent duplications dominate NBS-encoding gene expansion in two woody species

(2008) Sihai Yang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Arrangements in the modular evolution of proteins

(2008) Andrew D. Moore et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES