Universal biases in protein composition of model prokaryotes

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-35

  Pascal, Géraldine ^a,b   Médigue, Claudine ^a   Danchin, Antoine ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Aromaticity; GC content; Hydrophobicity; Multivariate analysis; Orphans

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEOME;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLI BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 19544363942     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20475     Document Type: Article

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