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Viral cystatin evolution and three-dimensional structure modelling: A case of directional selection acting on a viral protein involved in a host-parasitoid interaction

Céline Serbielle1, Shafinaz Chowdhury2, Samuel Pichon1,4, Stéphane Dupas3, Jérôme Lesobre1,4, Enrico O Purisima2, Jean-Michel Drezen1 and Elisabeth Huguet1*

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1 Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France

2 National Research Council Canada, Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal, Canada

3 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Quito, Ecuador

4 Laboratoire Ecologie Evolution Symbiose, UMR 6556, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

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BMC Biology 2008, 6:38 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-38

Published: 10 September 2008

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Additional file 1:

Species names and accession numbers of cystatin sequences. Species names, clone numbers and corresponding accession number.

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Additional file 2:

Alignment of cystatin nucleotide sequences. Sequence name, alignment and consensus sequence.

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Additional file 3:

Alignment of cystatin protein sequences. Sequence name, alignment and consensus sequence.

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