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Evolution of mal ABC transporter operons in the Thermococcales and Thermotogales

Kenneth M Noll1 email, Pascal Lapierre2 email, J Peter Gogarten1 email and Dhaval M Nanavati3 email

1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3125, USA

2Biotechnology Bioservices Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3125, USA

3Analytical Biochemistry Section, Laboratory of Neurotoxicology, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1262, USA

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:7doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-7

Published: 15 January 2008

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Additional file 1:

Transmembrane helices of Tt. maritima MalF1 bacterial homologs as predicted by TMpred. Plots derived from TMpred [27] are shown. Solid and dashed lines depict inside to outside and outside to inside orientations of the helices predicted by TMpred, respectively.

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