The structurally constrained protein evolution model accounts for sequence patterns of the LβH superfamily

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Parisi, Gustavo ^a   Echave, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; GALACTOSIDE O ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE I PHOSPHATE URIDYLTRANSFERASE; STREPTOGRAMIN A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TETRAHYDRODIPICOLINATE N SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; XENOBIOTIC ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN)-UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; POINT MUTATION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 33845548778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-41     Document Type: Article

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