Systematic Analysis of Compositional Order of Proteins Reveals New Characteristics of Biological Functions and a Universal Correlate of Macroevolution

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Persi, Erez ^a   Horn, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MAMMALS; PROTEINS;

ACID REGION; AMINO-ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL ENRICHMENTS; LOWER COMPLEXITY; PROTEIN SEQUENCES; PROTEOMICS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEATS; TREE OF LIFE;

AMINO ACIDS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COLLAGEN; KERATIN; PROTEOME; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPOSITIONAL ORDER; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOMICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS STAPHYLOLYTICUS; TAXONOMY;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 84888220040     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003346     Document Type: Article

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