A novel superfamily of predicted cysteine proteases from eukaryotes, viruses and Chlamydia pneumoniae

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 50-52

  Makarova, Kira S ^a   Aravind, L ^b   Koonin, Eugene V ^c  

^a Dept of Pathology   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS;

EID: 0033974998     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(99)01530-3     Document Type: Article

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