Analysis of distributions of amino acids in the primary structure of apoptosis regulator Bcl-2 family according to the random mechanism

Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 407-414

  Wu, Guang ^a   Yan, Shaomin ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; Distribution probability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTO ONCOGENE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHICKENS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036902739     PISSN: 10258140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025814021000036106     Document Type: Article

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