Evolution: A guide to perturb protein function and networks

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-359

  Lichtarge, Olivier ^a   Wilkins, Angela ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RGS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL FATE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

EID: 77955570809     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2010.04.002     Document Type: Review

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