Identification of correct regions in protein models using structural, alignment, and consensus information

Protein Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 900-913

  Wallner, Björn ^a   Elofsson, Arne ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alignment information; Fold recognition; Homology modeling; Hybrid model; Neural networks; Protein model; Structural information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN QUALITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 33645504195     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051799606     Document Type: Article

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