Integron Gene Cassettes: A Repository of Novel Protein Folds with Distinct Interaction Sites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sureshan, Visaahini ^a   Deshpande, Chandrika N ^a,g   Boucher, Yan ^b   Koenig, Jeremy E ^c,h   Stokes, H W ^d   Harrop, Stephen J ^e   Curmi, Paul M G ^e,f   Mabbutt, Bridget C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; METAGENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; METAGENOME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO;

EID: 84872511962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052934     Document Type: Article

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