Classification of 29 families of secondary transport proteins into a single structural class using hydropathy profile analysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 901-909

  Lolkema, Juke S ^a   Slotboom, Dirk Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Hydropathy profile; Membrane protein; Secondary transporter; Structural class

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037432531     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00214-6     Document Type: Article

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