Phospholipid scramblases and Tubby-like proteins belong to a new superfamily of membrane tethered transcription factors

Bioinformatics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-162

  Bateman, Alex ^a   Finn, Robert D ^a   Sims, Peter J ^b   Wiedmer, Therese ^b   Biegert, Andreas ^c   Söding, Johannes ^c  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; SCRAMBLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUBBY LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 58349112969     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn595     Document Type: Article

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