A knowledge-based potential function predicts the specificity and relative binding energy of RNA-binding proteins

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6378-6391

  Zheng, Suxin ^b   Robertson, Timothy A ^a   Varani, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance dependent potential; Protein RNA interaction; RRM recognition; Statistical potential

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BINDING SITES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 36749008025     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06155.x     Document Type: Article

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