Bioinformatics for comprehensive finding and analysis of glycosyltransferases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1760, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 578-583

  Kikuchi, Norihiro ^a   Narimatsu, Hisashi ^b  

^a Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Evolution; Glycogene; Glycoproteomics; Glycosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 33646088973     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.12.024     Document Type: Review

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