From protein sequence to function

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-367

  Danchin, Antoine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033150942     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80049-9     Document Type: Article

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