Main pathways of proteome simplification in Alphaherpesviruses under the influence of the strong mutational GC-pressure

Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-96

  Khrustalev, Vladislav V ^a   Barkovsky, Eugene V ^a  

^a BELARUSIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Alphaherpesviruses; Amino acid substitutions; Capsid proteins; Entropy; GC content; Glycoproteins; HSV1; Mutational pressure; PaHV2

Indexed keywords

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; MIRIDAE;

EID: 68749094592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0974276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/jpb.1000065     Document Type: Article

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