Evaluation of structural features of membrane acting antifungal peptides by Artificial Neural Network

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 834-845

  Soltani, Saeed ^a   Keymanesh, Keykhosrow ^a   Sardari, Soroush ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptide; Artificial neural network; BSPM; Evaluation; Structural descriptor

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER MODEL; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGAL CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 60249090449     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.834.845     Document Type: Article

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