Proteins of unknown function in the protein data bank (PDB): An inventory of true uncharacterized proteins and computational tools for their analysis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 12761-12772

  Nadzirin, Nurul ^a   Firdaus Raih, Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

3D motifs; Protein data bank; Proteins of uncharacterized function; Proteins of unknown function; Structural similarity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84867749014     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131012761     Document Type: Article

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