Computational method for predicting protein functional sites with the use of specificity determinants

Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-147

  Kalinina, O V ^a,b   Russell, R B ^b   Rakhmaninova, A B ^b,c   Gelfand, M S ^a,c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Comparative sequence analysis; Functional site; Prediction; Specificity determinants; Specificity determining positions; Structural genomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847412870     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026893307010189     Document Type: Article

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