The major facilitator superfamily

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-279

  Saier Jr , Milton H ^a   Beatty, J Thomas ^b   Goffeau, Andre ^c   Harley, Kevin T ^e   Heijne, Wilbert H M ^e   Huang, Su Chi ^e   Jack, Donald L ^e   Jähn, Peter S ^e   Lew, Katharine ^a   Liu, Jia ^d   Pao, Stephanie S ^e   Paulsen, Ian T ^a   Tseng, Tsai Tien ^a   Virk, Pritbir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0033222857     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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