New user-friendly approach to obtain an Eisenberg plot and its use as a practical tool in protein sequence analysis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5577-5591

  Keller, Rob C A ^a  

^a Charlemagne College   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphitropic proteins; Eisenberg plot; Heliquest; Hydrophobic moment plot; Lipid binding regions; Protein lipid interactions; Transmembrane proteins

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; LIPID; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EISENBERG PLOT; HYDROPHOBICITY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; VALIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 80053211934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12095577     Document Type: Article

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