Protein informatics towards function identification

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 396-400

  Kinoshita, Kengo ^a,b   Nakamura, Haruki ^b,c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTRICITY; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENOMICS; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POINT MUTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

EID: 0037832147     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00074-5     Document Type: Review

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