Ribonuclease 4, an evolutionarily highly conserved member of the superfamily

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 804-810

  Hofsteenge, J ^a   Vicentini, A ^a   Zelenko, O ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

RNase evolution; RNase inhibitor; RNase substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; PYRIMIDINE; RIBONUCLEASE; URIDINE;

BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LIVER; LUNG; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RIBONUCLEASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031713198     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050209     Document Type: Review

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