Molecular modeling of pathogenesis-related proteins of family 5

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 385-394

  Thompson, Claudia E ^a   Fernandes, Cláudia L ^b   De Souza, Osmar N ^b   Salzano, Francisco M ^a   Bonatto, Sandro L ^b   Freitas, Loreta B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Molecular modeling; Pathogenesis related proteins 5 (PR5); Protein structure

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PATHOGENESIS RELATED PROTEINS, PLANT; PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAGACEAE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; ROSACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAGACEAE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POACEAE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; ROSACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOLANACEAE;

FAGACEAE; ROSACEAE;

EID: 33646883465     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CBB:44:3:385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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