Local Structure Alphabets

Introduction to Protein Structure Prediction: Methods and Algorithms

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-105

  Praveen Joseph, Agnel ^a   Bornot, Aurélie ^a   De Brevern, Alexandre G ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian probabilistic approach, utilized for prediction of PBs from amino acid sequence; Local structure alphabets, proteins crucial key role in most cellular processes; Local structure libraries and structural alphabet approximating local structures in proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888702947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470882207.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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