Characterizing protein shape by a volume distribution asymmetry index

Open Bioinformatics Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-27

  Arrigo, Nicola ^a   Paci, Paola ^b   Di Paola, Luisa ^a   Santoni, Daniele ^b   de Ruvo, Micol ^a   Giuliani, Alessandro ^c   Castiglione, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Principal component analysis; Protein contact network; Protein shape; Topological indices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SHAPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VOLUME DISTRIBUTION ASYMMETRY INDEX;

EID: 84861919862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18750362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1875036201206010020     Document Type: Article

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