Application of comparative genomics in the identification and analysis of novel families of membrane-associated receptors in bacteria

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A great diversity of multi-pass membrane receptors, typically with 7 transmembrane (TM) helices, is observed in the eukaryote crown group. So far, they are relatively rare in the prokaryotes, and are restricted to the well-characteri...

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Main Authors: Aravind L, Anantharaman Vivek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-08-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/4/34