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Evolution of DNA polymerases: an inactivated polymerase-exonuclease module in Pol ε and a chimeric origin of eukaryotic polymerases from two classes of archaeal ancestors

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Title
Evolution of DNA polymerases: an inactivated polymerase-exonuclease module in Pol ε and a chimeric origin of eukaryotic polymerases from two classes of archaeal ancestors
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Biology Direct, March 2009
DOI 10.1186/1745-6150-4-11
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Authors

Tahir H Tahirov, Kira S Makarova, Igor B Rogozin, Youri I Pavlov, Eugene V Koonin

Abstract

Evolution of DNA polymerases, the key enzymes of DNA replication and repair, is central to any reconstruction of the history of cellular life. However, the details of the evolutionary relationships between DNA polymerases of archaea and eukaryotes remain unresolved.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
United Kingdom 2 2%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Unknown 112 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 32 26%
Student > Ph. D. Student 30 25%
Student > Master 19 16%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 6%
Professor 5 4%
Other 13 11%
Unknown 16 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 56 46%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 38 31%
Chemistry 3 2%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 2%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 <1%
Other 3 2%
Unknown 19 16%