False occurrences of functional motifs in protein sequences highlight evolutionary constraints

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>False occurrences of functional motifs in protein sequences can be considered as random events due solely to the sequence composition of a proteome. Here we use a numerical approach to investigate the random appearance of functional...

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Main Authors: Ausiello Gabriele, Ferraro Enrico, Gherardini Pier, Via Allegra, Scalia Tomba Gianpaolo, Helmer-Citterich Manuela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-03-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/68