'Conserved hypothetical' proteins: Prioritization of targets for experimental study

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5452-5463

  Galperin, Michael Y ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS;

EID: 6044244615     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh885     Document Type: Review

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