The Shannon information entropy of protein sequences

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 148-155

  Strait, Bonnie J ^a   Dewey, T Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENTROPY; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029938188     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79210-X     Document Type: Article

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