OB-fold domains: A snapshot of the evolution of sequence, structure and function

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 794-801

  Arcus, Vickery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN OB FOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036913982     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00392-5     Document Type: Review

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