Characterization and prediction of the binding site in DNA-binding proteins: Improvement of accuracy by combining residue composition, evolutionary conservation and structural parameters

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7150-7161

  Dey, Sucharita ^a   Pal, Arumay ^a   Guharoy, Mainak ^a   Sonavane, Shrihari ^a   Chakrabarti, Pinak ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROGEN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDROGEN BONDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 84867325297     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks405     Document Type: Article

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