Asparagine repeats are rare in mammalian proteins

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 270-271

  Kreil, Günther ^b  

^a EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Molecular Biology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DICTYOSTELIUM; DROSOPHILA; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; YEASTS;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034213143     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(00)01594-2     Document Type: Letter

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