Computational Predictions of the Mutant Behavior of AraC

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 462-470

  Berrondo, Monica ^a   Gray, Jeffrey J ^a   Schleif, Robert ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutant activity prediction; Protein folding; Protein structure prediction

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; ARABINOSE; ARAC PROTEIN; ARAC PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARABINOSE; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 77951650117     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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