Novel function discovery through sequence and structural data mining

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-61

  Lobb, Briallen ^a   Doxey, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLYCOSIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; PROTEIN SH3; RHODOPSIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTEROIDES OVATUS; DATA MINING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITRIFICATION; NITROSPIRA; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATA MINING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; STRUCTURAL DATA MINING; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATA MINING; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84973370107     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.05.017     Document Type: Review

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