Genomic analysis of membrane protein families: abundance and conserved motifs

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Liu, Yang ^a   Engelman, Donald M ^a   Gerstein, Mark ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional Data File; Classified Family; Integral Membrane Protein; Pfam Family; Sequence Logo

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLASSIFICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037136435     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-10-research0054     Document Type: Article

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