A comparative study of Whi5 and retinoblastoma proteins: From sequence and structure analysis to intracellular networks

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 JAN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hasan, Md Mehedi ^a,b   Brocca, Stefania ^a,b   Sacco, Elena ^a,b   Spinelli, Michela ^a,b   Papaleo, Elena ^b   Lambrughi, Matteo ^b   Alberghina, Lilia ^a,b   Vanoni, Marco ^a,b  

^a Milano and Rome   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Date hub; Multisite phosphorylation; Party hub; Protein evolution; Protein hub; Structural disorder; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893512092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00315     Document Type: Article

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