From sequences to a functional unit

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Sivakumar, Ashwin ^a   Wilton, Christopher ^a   Holm, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Component proteins; Composite proteins; Drug discovery; Family; Functional annotation; Gene fusion; Subfamily; Superfamily

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FUSION; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645792606     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00166.2005     Document Type: Review

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