Indel-Seq-Gen: A new protein family simulator incorporating domains, motifs, and indels

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 640-649

  Strope, Cory L ^a   Scott, Stephen D ^a   Moriyama, Etsuko N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domains; Indels; Motifs; Protein superfamily; Sequence simulation

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIPOCALIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; SIMULATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33847668252     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl195     Document Type: Article

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