Sequence analysis of eukaryotic developmental proteins: Ancient and novel domains

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 817-828

  Mushegian, Arcady R ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029833216     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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