Structure-based prediction of DNA-binding sites on proteins using the empirical preference of electrostatic potential and the shape of molecular surfaces

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 885-894

  Tsuchiya, Yuko ^a   Kinoshita, Kengo ^b,c   Nakamura, Haruki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational method; Connolly surface; Poisson Boltzmann equation; Protein function prediction; Protein informatics; Statistical potential; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROSTATICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2542557409     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20111     Document Type: Article

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