The use of evolutionary patterns in protein annotation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-325

  Wilkins, Angela D ^a   Bachman, Benjamin J ^a   Erdin, Serkan ^a   Lichtarge, Olivier ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 84862611279     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.05.001     Document Type: Review

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