Functional and phylogenetic analysis of the ubiquitylation system in Caenorhabditis elegans: ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes, ubiquitin-activating enzymes, and ubiquitin-like proteins

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Jones, Donald ^a   Crowe, Emily ^a   Stevens, Tracy A ^a,b   Candido, E Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila Protein; Fourth Larval Stage; Maternal Rescue; Seam Cell; Secondary Phenotype

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; ISOENZYME; LIGASE; UBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ISOENZYMES; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 18844465487     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2001-3-1-research0002     Document Type: Article

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