A new index to find regions showing an unexpected variability or conservation in sequence alignments

Computer Applications in the Biosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-317

  Dopazo, Joaquín ^a,b  

^a Departamento de I+D   (Spain)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ALGORITHMS; APHTHOVIRUS; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031011577     PISSN: 02667061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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