Complex network spectral moments for ATCUN motif DNA cleavage: First predictive study on proteins of human pathogen parasites

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5219-5228

  Munteanu, Cristian R ^a   Vázquez, José M ^a   Dorado, Julián ^a   Sierra, Alejandro Pazos ^a   Sánchez González, Ángeles ^b   Prado Prado, Francisco J ^b   González Díaz, Humberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; ATCUN like motif; Cu Ni cluster; DNA cleavage; Electrostatic potential; Fasciola; Leishmania; Markov model; Plasmodium; QSAR

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; ISOMERASE; LIGASE; LYASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE;

ACCURACY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; LEISHMANIA; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DNA CLEAVAGE; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; ROC CURVE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

FASCIOLA; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 70449513218     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr900556g     Document Type: Article

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