Species specific amino acid sequence-protein local structure relationships: An analysis in the light of a structural alphabet

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-217

  De Brevern, Alexandre G ^a,b,c   Joseph, Agnel Praveen ^a,b,c  

^a Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Malaria; Protein blocks; Secondary structure; Structural alphabet

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; PROTEOME; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOLOGY; PROTEIN; SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; PROTEOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79952050136     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.01.047     Document Type: Article

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