Relationship between multiple sequence alignments and quality of protein comparative models

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 151-157

  Cozzetto, Domenico ^a   Tramontano, Anna ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

CASP experiments; Comparative modeling; Multiple sequence alignment; Protein structure evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 10844286440     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20284     Document Type: Article

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