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BMCBI
2010
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Reduced representation of protein structure: implications on efficiency and scope of detection of structural similarity
Background: Computational comparison of two protein structures is the starting point of many methods that build on existing knowledge, such as structure modeling (including modeli...
Zong Hong Zhang, Hwee Kuan Lee, Ivana Mihalek
BMCBI
2010
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Knowledge-based annotation of small molecule binding sites in proteins
Background: The study of protein-small molecule interactions is vital for understanding protein function and for practical applications in drug discovery. To benefit from the rapi...
Ratna R. Thangudu, Manoj Tyagi, Benjamin A. Shoema...
BMCBI
2008
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SODa: An Mn/Fe superoxide dismutase prediction and design server
Background: Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are ubiquitous metalloenzymes that play an important role in the defense of aerobic organisms against oxidative stress, by converting reac...
Jean Marc Kwasigroch, René Wintjens, Dimitr...
BMCBI
2007
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Relationship between insertion/deletion (indel) frequency of proteins and essentiality
Background: In a previous study, we demonstrated that some essential proteins from pathogenic organisms contained sizable insertions/deletions (indels) when aligned to human prote...
Simon K. Chan, Michael Hsing, Fereydoun Hormozdiar...
BMCBI
2008
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The Average Mutual Information Profile as a Genomic Signature
Background: Occult organizational structures in DNA sequences may hold the key to understanding functional and evolutionary aspects of the DNA molecule. Such structures can also p...
Mark Bauer, Sheldon M. Schuster, Khalid Sayood