Amino acid repeats and the structure and evolution of proteins

Genome Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 119-130

  Alba M ^a   Tompa, P ^b   Veitia, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID; POLYMER; PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FISH; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

EID: 58149182901     PISSN: 16609263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000107607     Document Type: Review

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