In silico identification of functional protein interfaces

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 420-423

  Bell, Rachel E ^a   Ben Tal, Nir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolutionary conservation; Evolutionary rate; Evolutionary relations; Functional regions; Homologous proteins; Inter protein inferfaces

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOMICS; GEOMETRY; INTERNET; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041384252     PISSN: 15316912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cfg.309     Document Type: Review

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