Improved prediction of critical residues for protein function based on network and phylogenetic analyses

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Thibert, Boris ^a   Bredesen, Dale E ^a,b   del Rio, Gabriel ^a,c  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; CLOSENESS CENTRALITIES; CLUSTER COEFFICIENTS; COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC APPROACH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; PROTEINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

AMINO ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; LYSOZYME; PROTEINASE; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RELIABILITY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 25444527443     PISSN: 14712105     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-6-213     Document Type: Article

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