LOTUS, a new domain associated with small RNA pathways in the germline

Bioinformatics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1140-1144

  Callebaut, Isabelle ^a   Mornon, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; OSKAR PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TDRD5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TDRD7 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; GERM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77952831715     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq122     Document Type: Article

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