Assessing and improving the accuracy of detecting protein adaptation with the TreeSAAP analytical software

International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-133

  McClellan, David A ^a   Ellison, David D ^b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy; adaptation; MM01; molecular evolution; negative selection; positive selection; protein coding DNA sequences; simulation; TreeSAAP

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN DATABASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953630621     PISSN: 17445485     EISSN: 17445493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBRA.2010.032116     Document Type: Article

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