The MEROPS database as a protease information system

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 95-102

  Barrett, Alan J ^a   Rawlings, Neil D ^a   O’brien, Emmet A ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clan; Database; Family; MEROPS; Peptidase; Protease; Proteinase; Structural classification

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINE; MEDLINE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035783060     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2000.4332     Document Type: Article

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