The bestrophin family of anion channels: Identification of prokaryotic homologues

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 291-302

  Hagen, Andrew R ^a   Barabote, Ravi D ^a   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion channels; Bacterial homologues; Bestrophin; Human disease

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL; BESTROPHIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION CHANNELS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 27144449969     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687860500129711     Document Type: Article

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