Protein homology network families reveal step-wise diversification of type III and type IV secretion systems

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1543-1551

  Medini, Duccio ^a   Covacci, Antonello ^a   Donati, Claudio ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); PHYSIOLOGY;

CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPLETE SETS; CONNECTED REGION; HOMOLOGOUS PROTEINS; OVERLAP ALGORITHMS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; PROKARYOTIC GENOMES; PROTEINS HOMOLOGY; PUBLIC DATABASE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEMS;

PROTEINS;

PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DATABASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 33846025119     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020173     Document Type: Article

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