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ReviewMolecular biotechnology2004

The IUBMB-endorsed transporter classification system.

Wolfgang Busch, Milton H Saier, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB)

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Review in Molecular biotechnology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The EcoCyc database (2025).EcoSal Plus · 2025
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  3. The EcoCyc Database (2023).EcoSal Plus · 2023
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  8. The EcoCyc Database.EcoSal Plus · 2018
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  13. The transporter classification database.Nucleic acids research · 2014
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  16. Evolution of the oligopeptide transporter family.The Journal of membrane biology · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Wolfgang BuschDivision of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA.
Milton H Saier
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB)

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We here describe the transporter classification (TC) system that provides a rational means of classifying all transmembrane transport systems found in living organisms. The availability of this system provides a framework for the use of bioinformatic technologies to answer fundamental questions about the functions, mechanisms, and evolutionary pathways taken for the appearance of these systems. Such advances are discussed.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularGuidelines as TopicAmino Acid SequenceBiochemistryDatabases, ProteinDocumentationInternationalityMembrane Transport ProteinsMolecular BiologyMolecular Sequence DataTerminology as TopicVocabulary, ControlledMembrane Transport Proteins

Identifiers

PMID15247498

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