Accurate prediction of scorpion toxin functional properties from primary structures

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-24

  Tan, Paul T J ^a,b   Srinivasan, K N ^c   Seah, Seng Hong ^a   Koh, Judice L Y ^a   Tan, Tin Wee ^b   Ranganathan, Shoba ^a,b,d   Brusic, Vladimir ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Johns Hopkins Singapore   (Singapore)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prediction systems; Protein classification; Protein function; Structure function relationship

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; IONS; SORPTION;

PREDICTION SYSTEM; PROTEIN CLASSIFICATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP;

PROTEINS;

SCORPION VENOM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DATA BASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 24944541500     PISSN: 10933263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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