A discriminatory function for prediction of protein-DNA interactions based on alpha shape modeling

Bioinformatics

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2541-2548

  Zhou, Weiqiang ^a   Yan, Hong ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DATABASE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 77957808349     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq478     Document Type: Article

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