Analysis and prediction of functionally important sites in proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-13

  Chakrabarti, Saikat ^a   Lanczycki, Christopher J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Active sites; Compositional pattern; Evolutionary conservation; Function prediction; Functionally important sites; Ligand binding sites; Metal binding sites; Protein binding sites

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 33845924786     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.062506407     Document Type: Article

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