BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Open Access Research article

Systematic analysis of insertions and deletions specific to nematode proteins and their proposed functional and evolutionary relevance

Zhengyuan Wang1, John Martin1, Sahar Abubucker1, Yong Yin1, Robin B Gasser2 and Makedonka Mitreva1*

Author Affiliations

1 The Genome Center, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA

2 Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:23 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-23

Published: 28 January 2009

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Additional file 1:

Panther based classification of proteins bearing nematode specific indels. The data provided represent summary of the functional classification of the proteins bearing nematode specific indels based on the Panther protein classification system.

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KEGG based classification of proteins bearing nematode specific indels. The data provided represent summary of the pathway associations of the proteins bearing nematode specific indels based on the KEGG pathway information.

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Rates of insertions and deletions of proteins involved in single or multiple pathways. The data provided are the rates in terms of the number of insertions or deletions within the proteins involved in single or multiple pathways by the numbers of protein families.

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Additional file 4:

Sizeable indels (> 4 aa) in proteins involved in cellular pathways (classification based on KEGG). Summary of the identified indels within proteins involved in cellular pathways. Only indels with ≥ 4 aa are considered.

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