New methods to measure residues coevolution in proteins

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gao, Hongyun ^a   Dou, Yongchao ^a   Yang, Jialiang ^b   Wang, Jun ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; CO-EVOLUTION; COVARIATION; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACIDS;

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 79957521422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-12-206     Document Type: Article

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