The effect of nucleotide bias upon the composition and prediction of transmembrane helices

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 505-511

  Stevens, Timothy J ^a   Arkin, Isaiah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genome; Hydropathy; Membrane protein; Proteome

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034099492     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.3.505     Document Type: Article

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