Employing protein size in the functional analysis of orthologous proteins, as illustrated with the yeast HOG pathway

Topics in Current Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2006, Pages 131-143

  Krantz, Marcus ^a,b   Hohmann, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Systems Biology Institute   (Japan)

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EID: 33947354192     PISSN: 16102096     EISSN: 16106970     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/4735_113     Document Type: Article

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