Overview of structural genomics: From structure to function

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-32

  Zhang, Chao ^a,b   Kim, Sung Hou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PLEXXIKON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0037305974     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00015-7     Document Type: Review

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