The ribonuclease A superfamily: General discussion

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 825-832

  Beintema, J J ^a   Kleineidam, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiogenin; Eosinophil cationic protein; Eosinophil derived neurotoxin; Gene duplication; Pyrimidine base specificity; Ribonuclease A

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RIBONUCLEASE A; URACIL;

BINDING SITE; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DUPLICATION; PANCREAS; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SPERM; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031697202     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050211     Document Type: Review

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