Evolution of a protein superfamily: relationships between vertebrate lens crystallins and microorganism dormancy proteins.

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Published in J Mol Evol on February 01, 1990

Authors

G Wistow1

Author Affiliations

1: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20982.

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