Eukaryotic Protein Kinases (ePKs) of the Helminth Parasite Schistosoma mansoni

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Andrade, Luiza F ^a   Nahum, Laila A ^a   Avelar, Lívia G A ^a,b   Silva, Larissa L ^a,b   Zerlotini, Adhemar ^a   Ruiz, Jerônimo C ^a   Oliveira, Guilherme ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEOME;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; EUKARYOTE; HELMINTH; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROTEOMICS;

EUKARYOTA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; MARKOV CHAINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79955662226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-215     Document Type: Article

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