Genome-wide comparative analysis of metacaspases in unicellular and filamentous cyanobacteria

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cyanobacteria are an ancient group of photoautotrophic prokaryotes with wide variations in genome size and ecological habitat. Metacaspases (MCAs) are cysteine proteinases that have sequence homology to caspases and play essential ro...

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Main Authors: Qin Song, Jiang Qiao, Wu Qing-yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/198