A model for statistical significance of local similarities in structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1307-1316

  Stark, Alexander ^a   Sunyaev, Shamil ^b   Russell, Robert B ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active site; Functional pattern; Local similarity; P value; Protein structure; RMSD

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037424601     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00045-7     Document Type: Article

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