Background: Amino acids responsible for structure, core function or specificity may be inferred from multiple protein sequence alignments where a limited set of residue types are ...
Jonathan R. Manning, Emily R. Jefferson, Geoffrey ...
Background: Periodic processes, such as the circadian rhythm, are important factors modulating and coordinating transcription of genes governing key metabolic pathways. Theoretica...
Andrey A. Ptitsyn, Sanjin Zvonic, Jeffrey M. Gimbl...
The discovery of novel non-coding RNAs has been among the most exciting recent developments in Biology. Yet, many more remain undiscovered. It has been hypothesized that there is ...
Background: The rapidly increasing speed with which genome sequence data can be generated will be accompanied by an exponential increase in the number of sequenced eukaryotes. Wit...
Evan S. Snitkin, Adam M. Gustafson, Joseph C. Mell...
Abstract–Protein families can be used to reconstruct evolutionary histories of organisms. The accuracy of protein assignment to such families is critical for the success of such ...
Boris Mirkin, Renata da Silva Camargo, Trevor I. F...