In silico targeted genome mining and comparative modelling reveals a putative protein similar to an Arabidopsis drought tolerance DNA binding transcription factor in Chromosome 6 of Sorghum bicolor genome

Interdisciplinary Sciences – Computational Life Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-141

  Shanker, Arun K ^a   Maddaala, Adithie ^b   Kumar, M Anil ^a   Yadav, S K ^a   Maheswari, M ^a   Venkateswarlu, B ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF; DNA binding; homology model; in silico mining; intrinsic disorder; stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

PLANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA MINING; DROUGHT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SORGHUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATA MINING; DNA, PLANT; DROUGHTS; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SORGHUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84875010781     PISSN: 19132751     EISSN: 18671462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-012-0121-1     Document Type: Article

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