ALADYN: A web server for aligning proteins by matching their large-scale motion

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Potestio, R ^a   Aleksiev, T ^a   Pontiggia, F ^b   Cozzini, S ^a,c   Micheletti, C ^a,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA SECRETASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE III; PROTEINASE; ADENAIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINASE; P16 PROTEASE, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PROTEIN; SECRETASE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADENOVIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; HIV PROTEASE; INTERNET; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 77954286692     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq293     Document Type: Article

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