A superfamily of conserved domains in DNA damage-responsive cell cycle checkpoint proteins

FASEB Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-76

  Bork, Peer ^a,b   Hofmann, Kay ^c   Bucher, Philipp ^c   Neuwald, Andrew F ^d   Altschul, Stephen F ^d   Koonin, Eugene V ^d  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCT domain; database search; motif; PARP; profile

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031046294     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.11.1.9034168     Document Type: Article

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