Structural characterization and mutational assessment of podocin — A novel drug target to nephrotic syndrome — An in silico approach

Interdisciplinary Sciences – Computational Life Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-39

  Tabassum, Asra ^a   Rajeshwari, Tadigadapa ^a   Soni, Nidhi ^c   Raju, D S B ^b   Yadav, Mukesh ^c   Nayarisseri, Anuraj ^c   Jahan, Parveen ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Mahalakshmi nagar   (India)

Author keywords

homology modeling; missense mutation; mutagenesis; NPHS2; podocin

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PODOCIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84907423992     PISSN: 19132751     EISSN: 18671462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-014-0190-4     Document Type: Article

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