Protein sequence motifs

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 366-376

  Bork, Peer ^a,b   Koonin, Eugene V ^c  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029938423     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80057-1     Document Type: Article

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