Gene sharing and evolution : the diversity of protein functions / Joram Piatigorsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piatigorsky, Joram.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genetic regulation.

Proteins--Evolution.

Proteins.

Eye--Molecular aspects.

Eye.

Crystalline lens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-305) and index.

ISBN:

9780674042124

0674042123

OCLC:

456276613