Evaluating transmembrane topology prediction methods for the effect of signal peptide in topology prediction

In Silico Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 485-494

  Lao, Demelo Madrazo ^a,b   Okuno, Toshikatsu ^b   Shimizu, Toshio ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Prediction analysis; Signal peptide; Transmembrane; Transmembrane topology prediction

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FRIEDMAN TEST; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DATABASES; HUMANS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0036936886     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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