Domain Movement within a Gene: A Novel Evolutionary Mechanism for Protein Diversification

• Yoshikazu Furuta,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mikihiko Kawai,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Laboratory of Genome Informatics, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

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• Ikuo Uchiyama,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Genome Informatics, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

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• Ichizo Kobayashi

  * E-mail: ikobaya@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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