Structural biology sheds light on the puzzle of genomic ORFans

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 342, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 369-373

  Siew, Naomi ^a,b   Fischer, Daniel ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution; genomic ORFans; structural biology

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 4344710320     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.06.073     Document Type: Article

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