Re: "homology / similarity" of proteins

Iddo Friedberg (idoerg@cc.huji.ac.il)
Fri, 24 May 1996 18:11:04 +0300 (GMT+0300)

On Fri, 24 May 1996, Pierre Hubert wrote:

>
> I just would like to pass on the reference of a Letter to the
> editor of Cell back in 1987 (!), written by most prominent scientists :
>
> "Homology" in proteins and nucleic acids : a terminology muddle and
> a way out of it.
> Reeck, G.R., de Haen, C, Teller, D.C., Doolittle, R.F., Fitch,
> W.M., Dickerson, R.E., Chambon, P, McLachlan, A.D., Margoliash, E., Jukes,
> T.H. & Zuckerland, E
> Cell (1987, August 28) 50, p. 667.

It's on the WWW, no need to run to the library:
http://www.ls.huji.ac.il/~idoerg/bioinfo/group_mirror/HS.html

It's quite a famous letter, and we used it for a similar discussion in the
Biocomputing course.

Iddo

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