Identification of local conformational similarity in structurally variable regions of homologous proteins using protein blocks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Agarwal, Garima ^a   Mahajan, Swapnil ^a,b   Srinivasan, Narayanaswamy ^a   de Brevern, Alexandre G ^c,d,e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c hôpital Robert Debré et Institut national de la transfusion sanguine   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOLOGOUS PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN BLOCKS ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DISTANCE MATRIX; STRUCTURALLY CONSERVED REGION; STRUCTURALLY VARIABLE REGION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

PROTEIN;

MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 79952784062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017826     Document Type: Article

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