Protein function space: viewing the limits or limited by our view?

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 362-369

  Raes, Jeroen ^a   Harrington, Eoghan Donal ^a   Singh, Amoolya Hardev ^a   Bork, Peer ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 34347384166     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.05.010     Document Type: Review

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