Analysis of and function predictions for previously conserved hypothetical or putative proteins in Blochmannia floridanus

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gaudermann, Peter ^a   Vogl, Ina ^a   Zientz, Evelyn ^a   Silva, Francisco J ^b   Moya, Andres ^b   Gross, Roy ^a   Dandekar, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INOSITOL; NITROGEN; UBIQUINONE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOCHMANNIA FLORIDANUS; CELL DIVISION; DATA BASE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; ANIMAL; ANT; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPONOTUS; CANDIDATUS BLOCHMANNIA FLORIDANUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 32044436929     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-1     Document Type: Article

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