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Genomic analysis of the TRIM family reveals two groups of genes with distinct evolutionary properties

Marco Sardiello1 email, Stefano Cairo1,3 email, Bianca Fontanella1,4 email, Andrea Ballabio1,2 email and Germana Meroni1 email

Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy

Department of Pediatrics, Federico II University, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy

Unite d'Oncogenèse et Virologie Moléculaire, Batiment Lwoff, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue de Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:225doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-225

Published: 1 August 2008

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Includes the alignments of the RING, B-box1 and B-box2 domains of all the human TRIM and TRIM-like proteins, alignments from which the consensi for these domains have been generated.

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Additional file 2:

Reports the values of Coiled-coil predictions for all the human TRIM and TRIM-like proteins.

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Additional file 3:

Shows the unrooted phylogenetic trees generated from the alignments of single domains of the tripartite motif.

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Additional file 4:

Shows a schematic representation of the human TRIM genomic clusters.

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Additional file 5:

Shows comparative and evolutionary analyses of the cluster of TRIM5, 6, 22, and 34 in mammals.

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