Distribution of protein folds in the three superkingdoms of life

Genome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-26

  Wolf, Yuri I ^a,d   Brenner, Steven E ^b   Bash, Paul A ^c   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCYTIDINE KINASE; FERREDOXIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN FOLDING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0033008596     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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