Can sequence determine function?

Genome Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Gerlt, John A ^a   Babbitt, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYME;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; ENZYMES; GENOME; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746664765     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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