RSpred, a set of Hidden Markov Models to detect and classify the RIFIN and STEVOR proteins of Plasmodium falciparum

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Joannin, Nicolas ^a   Kallberg, Yvonne ^a,b   Wahlgren, Mats ^a   Persson, Bengt ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RIFIN B; PROTEIN RIFIN B1; PROTEIN RIFIN B2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIFIN PROTEIN; STEVOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIFIN PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STEVOR ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; RSPRED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RODENTIA;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARKOV CHAINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79951575566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-119     Document Type: Article

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