Patterns of protein-fold usage in eight microbial genomes: A comprehensive structural census

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 518-534

  Gerstein, Mark ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein structure; Structure databank; Superfold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; YEAST;

ARCHAEA; CYANOBACTERIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEIN FOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0032387685     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19981201)33:4<518::AID-PROT5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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