A threading-based method for the prediction of DNA-binding proteins with application to the human genome

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Gao, Mu ^a   Skolnick, Jeffrey ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROTEINS;

ATOMIC COMPLEXES; COMPLEXES STRUCTURE; DNA-BINDING; DNA-BINDING DOMAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA-PROTEINS; HUMAN GENOMES; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN RECOGNITION; PROTEIN SEQUENCES;

FORECASTING;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA BINDING DOMAIN THREADER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; HUMAN GENOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 73449119593     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000567     Document Type: Article

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