Computational protein function prediction: Are we making progress?

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 19-20, 2007, Pages 2505-2511

  Godzik, A ^a   Jambon, M ^a   Friedberg, I ^a,b  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFP; Aspartate dehydrogenase; Aspartate oxidase; Bioinformatics; CASP; NAD synthesis; Non orthologous replacement; Protein function prediction

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE OXIDASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENOME; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

EID: 35648948885     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-7211-y     Document Type: Short Survey

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