Computational and statistical analyses of amino acid usage and physico-chemical properties of the twelve Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein classes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jaspard, Emmanuel ^a   Macherel, David ^a   Hunault, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DESICCATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOTUS JAPONICUS; MAIZE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PROTEINS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84861220028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036968     Document Type: Article

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