BMCBI
2011
13 years 10 months ago
2011
Background: Relative isotope abundance quantification, which can be used for peptide identification and differential peptide quantification, plays an important role in liquid chro...
BMCBI
2010
13 years 10 months ago
2010
Background: PDZ domain is a well-conserved, structural protein domain found in hundreds of signaling proteins that are otherwise unrelated. PDZ domains can bind to the C-terminal ...
JCC
2007
14 years 2 months ago
2007
: It has tremendous values for both drug discovery and basic research to develop a solid bioinformatical tool for guiding peptide reagent design. Based on the physical and chemical...
BMCBI
2005
14 years 2 months ago
2005
Background: The signal peptide plays an important role in protein targeting and protein translocation in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. This transient, short peptide seque...
BMCBI
2007
14 years 3 months ago
2007
Background: When proteins are subjected to proteolytic digestion and analyzed by mass spectrometry using a method such as 2D LC MS/MS, only a portion of the proteotypic peptides a...
BMCBI
2006
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Background: Modelling the interaction between potentially antigenic peptides and Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules is a key step in identifying potential T-cell epi...
BMCBI
2006
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Background: Defensins are antimicrobial peptides of innate immunity functioning by non-specific binding to anionic phospholipids in bacterial membranes. Their cationicity, amphipa...
BMCBI
2006
14 years 3 months ago
2006
Background: Various experimental techniques yield peptides that are biologically active but have unfavourable pharmacological properties. The design of structurally similar organi...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 3 months ago
2008
Background: Establishment of peptide binding to Major Histocompatibility Complex class I (MHCI) is a crucial step in the development of subunit vaccines and prediction of such bin...
BMCBI
2008
14 years 3 months ago
2008
Background: As a rule, peptides are more flexible and unstructured than proteins with their substantial stabilizing hydrophobic cores. Nevertheless, a few stably folding peptides ...