title: Genome cartography through domain                    annotation.
abstract: The evolutionary history of eukaryotic proteins involves rapid sequence divergence, addition and deletion of domains, and fusion and fission of genes. Although the protein repertoires of distantly related species differ greatly, their domain repertoires do not. To account for the great diversity of domain contexts and an unexpected paucity of ortholog conservation, we must categorize the coding regions of completely sequenced genomes into domain families, as well as protein families.
authors.affiliation: MRC Functional Genetics Unit, University of Oxford, Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, South Parks Road, Oxford OX13QX, UK. Chris.Ponting@anat.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Ponting
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Dickens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016208:Databases, Factual; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016678:Genome; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018909:src Homology Domains / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D011506:Proteins