In silico analyses of a new group of fungal and plant RecQ4-homologous proteins

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 349-358

  Barea, Fernanda ^a   Tessaro, Simone ^a   Bonatto, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hrq1 sequences; Hydrophobic cluster analysis; Protein phylogeny; RecQ4 sequences; Rothmund Thompson syndrome; Three dimensional protein modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL CYCLING; CHROMATIN REMODELLING; CONSERVED REGIONS; DNA-REPAIR; GENOMIC INTEGRITY; HELICASE; HELICASES; HOMOLOGOUS PROTEINS; HRQ1 SEQUENCES; HYDROPHOBIC CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IN-SILICO; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT CELLS; PLANT SPECIES; PROTEIN PHYLOGENY; RECQ HELICASE; RECQ HELICASES; RECQ4 SEQUENCES; ROTHMUND-THOMPSON SYNDROME; THOMPSON; THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELLING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROTEIN MODELING;

PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RECQ HELICASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECQ HELICASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; METAZOA;

EID: 49949100235     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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