The U box is a modified RING finger - A common domain in ubiquitination [1]

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages

  Aravind, L ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 0034708216     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00398-5     Document Type: Letter

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