Correlation analysis for protein evolutionary family based on amino acid position mutations and application in PDZ domain.

BACKGROUND: It has been widely recognized that the mutations at specific directions are caused by the functional constraints in protein family and the directional mutations at certain positions control the evolutionary direction of the protein family. The mutations at different positions, even dista...

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Main Authors: Qi-Shi Du, Cheng-Hua Wang, Si-Ming Liao, Ri-Bo Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2950854?pdf=render