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Protein Evolution

Protein Evolution is the academic study of the processes and mechanisms by which protein sequences, structures, and functions change over time through genetic mutation, natural selection, and drift within the framework of molecular evolution.

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Adaptive protein evolution at the Adh locus in Drosophila

John H. McDonald, Martin Kreitman · Nature · 1991 · 3.4K citations

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ProtTest: selection of best-fit models of protein evolution

Federico Abascal, Rafael Zardoya, David Posada · Computer applications in the biosciences · 2005 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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The relation between the divergence of sequence and structure in proteins.

C. Chothia, Arthur M. Lesk · The EMBO Journal · 1986 · 2.5K citations

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Amino Acid Difference Formula to Help Explain Protein Evolution

Richard Grantham · Science · 1974 · 2.4K citations

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Codon-Substitution Models for Heterogeneous Selection Pressure at Amino Acid Sites

Ziheng Yang, Rasmus Nielsen, Nick Goldman et al. · Genetics · 2000 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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  1. JD
    Jesse D. Bloom

    Fred Hutch Cancer Center, United States

    26 publications · 5.2K citations

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  2. EV
    Eugene V. Koonin

    National Center for Biotechnology Information, United States

    19 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. RA
    Richard A. Goldstein

    University of Michigan, United States

    17 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. CO
    Claus O. Wilke

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    17 publications · 3.4K citations

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  5. JF
    Jay F. Storz

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    15 publications · 1.5K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    47 h-index

    183 publications

    18.4K citations

  2. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    42 h-index

    181 publications

    19.8K citations

  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    37 h-index

    118 publications

    15.3K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    33 h-index

    117 publications

    11.2K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    31 h-index

    106 publications

    15.3K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    152 publications

    6K citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    29 h-index

    87 publications

    12.2K citations

  8. National Center for Biotechnology Information

    Bethesda, United States

    29 h-index

    107 publications

    13K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 169 publications · 23.6K citations

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  2. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 197 publications · 16.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Molecular Biology

    JMB · 81 publications · 13.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Molecular Evolution

    132 publications · 9.2K citations

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  5. Nature

    45 publications · 19.9K citations

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