LepChorionDB, a database of Lepidopteran chorion proteins and a set of tools useful for the identification of chorion proteins in Lepidopteran proteomes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-196

  Giannopoulos, Nikolaos G ^a,b   Michalopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Papandreou, Nikos C ^b   Malatras, Apostolos ^a,b   Iconomidou, Vassiliki A ^b   Hamodrakas, Stavros J ^b  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A and B classes; Chorion protein database; Lepidoptera; Natural protective amyloids; Profile Hidden Markov Models (pHMMs)

Indexed keywords

CHORION PROTEINS; EGG PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; INTERNET; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN DATABASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EGG PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INTERNET; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84872421024     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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