Reconstructing the ubiquitin network - Cross-talk with other systems and identification of novel functions

Genome Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Venancio, Thiago M ^a   Balaji, S ^a   Iyer, Lakshminarayan M ^a   Aravind, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN; PROTEOME;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CHROMATIN; CONJUGATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; SUMOYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION; YEAST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PROTEOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 65649100877     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-3-r33     Document Type: Article

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