The company's scientists reasoned that other members of these protein families might also prove to be highly profitable targets.

According to current dogma, protein families arise in two ways.

Our study revealed many intriguing links between protein families.

This protein family is related to major intrinsic proteins.

Currently, over 1280 different protein families have been associated with the saliva of blood feeding organisms.

Members of this protein family have highly similar structural and functional characteristics.

Members of this protein family have also been found in animals.

All members of this protein family have 11 transmembrane segments.

More than forty different Cas protein families have been described.

In recent years this has focus on molecular evolution of protein families.