Sites Inferred by Metabolic Background Assertion Labeling (SIMBAL): Adapting the Partial Phylogenetic Profiling algorithm to scan sequences for signatures that predict protein function

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Selengut, Jeremy D ^a   Rusch, Douglas B ^a   Haft, Daniel H ^a  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; FUNCTIONAL PREDICTIONS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN FUNCTIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; UTILIZATION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); GENES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METABOLISM; PROTEINS; UREA;

BINDING SITES;

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77949536341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-52     Document Type: Article

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