Do more complex organisms have a greater proportion of membrane proteins in their genomes?

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-420

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

helix; Hydropathy; Hydrophobicity; Protein sequence; Proteome

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034213573     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000601)39:4<417::AID-PROT140>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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