Pattern of amino acid substitutions in transmembrane domains of β-Barrel membrane proteins for detecting remote homologs in bacteria and mitochondria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Jimenez Morales, David ^a   Liang, Jie ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA BARREL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BAYES THEOREM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84856241300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026400     Document Type: Article

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