A tale of two symmetrical tails: Structural and functional characteristics of palindromes in proteins

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been previously shown that palindromic sequences are frequently observed in proteins. However, our knowledge about their evolutionary origin and their possible importance is incomplete.</p> <p>Results</p> <...

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Main Authors: Pezeshk Hamid, Sadeghi Mehdi, Arab Shahriar, Katanforoush Ali, Kargar Mehdi, Sheari Armita, Eslahchi Changiz, Marashi Sayed-Amir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/9/274