A predictive model of intein insertion site for use in the engineering of molecular switches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Apgar, James ^a   Ross, Mary ^a   Zuo, Xiao ^a   Dohle, Sarah ^a   Sturtevant, Derek ^a   Shen, Binzhang ^a   de la Vega, Humberto ^a   Lessard, Philip ^a   Lazar, Gabor ^a   Raab, R Michael ^a  

^a Agrivida Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEIN; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; ENDO 1,4 BETA XYLANASE; PROTEIN; XYNB XYLANASE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; INTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SPLICING; PROTEINS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84861401588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037355     Document Type: Article

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