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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-03-01
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Series: | BMC Genomics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/198 |