Investigating homology between proteins using energetic profiles

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Wrabl, James O ^a   Hilser, Vincent J ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; STABILITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

HOMOLOGOUS PROTEINS; LARGE SEQUENCES; LARGE STRUCTURES; LOCAL STABILITY; POINT MUTATIONS; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; STRUCTURE CHANGE; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS MECHANISM;

PROTEINS;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN EAT2; PROTEIN XLP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77950822359     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000722     Document Type: Article

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