Sequence and hydropathy profile analysis of two classes of secondary transporters

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-189

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BLAST searches; Distant relationships; Hydropathy profile analysis; Low complexity filtering; Secondary transporters; Structural classes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 22544475617     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687860500063324     Document Type: Article

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