1. Genes Expressed in a Turrid Venom Duct: Divergence and Similarity to Conotoxins

   • Maren Watkins
   • David R. Hillyard
   • Baldomero M. Olivera

   OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 247 - 256

   

2. Phylogenetic and Biochemical Studies Reveal a Potential Evolutionary Origin of Small Heat Shock Proteins of Animals from Bacterial Class A

   • Xinmiao Fu
   • Wangwang Jiao
   • Zengyi Chang

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2006 Pages: 257 - 266

   

3. Functional Modeling and Phylogenetic Distribution of Putative Cylindrospermopsin Biosynthesis Enzymes

   • Ralf Kellmann
   • Toby Mills
   • Brett A. Neilan

   OriginalPaper 25 February 2006 Pages: 267 - 280

   

4. Conspecific and Interspecific Interactions Between the FEM-2 and the FEM-3 Sex-Determining Proteins Despite Rapid Sequence Divergence

   • Paul Stothard
   • David Pilgrim

   OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 281 - 291

   

5. Fusion and Fission, the Evolution of Sterol Carrier Protein-2

   • Johan Edqvist
   • Kristina Blomqvist

   OriginalPaper 20 February 2006 Pages: 292 - 306

   

6. Molecular Evolution and Functionally Important Structures of Molluscan Dermatopontin: Implications for the Origins of Molluscan Shell Matrix Proteins

   • Isao Sarashina
   • Haruyo Yamaguchi
   • Kazuyoshi Endo

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2006 Pages: 307 - 318

   

7. Molecular Evolution of Cytochrome c Oxidase in High-Performance Fish (Teleostei: Scombroidei)

   • Anne C. Dalziel
   • Christopher D. Moyes
   • Stephen C. Lougheed

   OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 319 - 331

   

8. Adaptive Evolution of Multicolored Fluorescent Proteins in Reef-Building Corals

   • Steven F. Field
   • Maria Y. Bulina
   • Mikhail V. Matz

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2006 Pages: 332 - 339

   

9. The Response of Amino Acid Frequencies to Directional Mutation Pressure in Mitochondrial Genome Sequences Is Related to the Physical Properties of the Amino Acids and to the Structure of the Genetic Code

   • Daniel Urbina
   • Bin Tang
   • Paul G. Higgs

   OriginalPaper 13 February 2006 Pages: 340 - 361

   

10. The Hemocyanin from a Living Fossil, the Cephalopod Nautilus pompilius: Protein Structure, Gene Organization, and Evolution

    • Sandra Bergmann
    • Bernhard Lieb
    • Jürgen Markl

    OriginalPaper 21 February 2006 Pages: 362 - 374