The intrinsic dimension of protein sequence evolution.
It is well known that, in order to preserve its structure and function, a protein cannot change its sequence at random, but only by mutations occurring preferentially at specific locations. We here investigate quantitatively the amount of variability that is allowed in protein sequence evolution, by...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-04-01
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| Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6472826?pdf=render |