Evolutionary conservation of protein backbone flexibility

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 448-457

  Maguid, Sandra ^a   Fernández Alberti, Sebastián ^a   Parisi, Gustavo ^a   Echave, Julián ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Flexibility profiles; Protein dynamics; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PLIABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 33750228192     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-005-0209-x     Document Type: Article

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