Comparative analysis of amino acid distributions in integral membrane proteins from 107 genomes

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 606-616

  Nilsson, Johan ^a,b,c   Persson, Bengt ^a,b,c   Von Heijne, Gunnar ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Bioinformatics Center   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Genome wide analysis; Hydrophobicity scale; Membrane protein; Prediction; Transmembrane helices

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENOME ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GENOME; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METHANOCOCCUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 24644490119     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20583     Document Type: Article

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