An improved sequence based prediction protocol for DNA-binding proteins using SVM and comprehensive feature analysis

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zou, Chuanxin ^a   Gong, Jiayu ^a   Li, Honglin ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE LEARNING APPROACH; FEATURE SELECTION METHODS; FEATURE TRANSFORMATIONS; PROTEIN FUNCTION PREDICTION; PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS; SVM-BASED CLASSIFIERS; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK; SYSTEMATIC REPRESENTATION;

BIOINFORMATICS; FORECASTING; PROTEINS;

DNA;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

AMINO ACIDS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 84874690054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-90     Document Type: Article

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