Protein tyrosine phosphatases: counting the trees in the forest.

doi:10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00513-7

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Protein tyrosine phosphatases: counting the trees in the forest.

Gene - 28 Dec 1998

Hooft van Huijsduijnen R

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The recent identification of many different protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) has led to the recognition that these enzymes match protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) in importance for intracellular signalling. The total number of PTPs encoded by the mammalian genome has been estimated at between 5...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Catalytic Domain
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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