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. 2003 Jul;4(4):424–427. doi: 10.1002/cfg.313

Multiple Sequence Alignments as Tools for Protein Structure and Function Prediction

Alfonso Valencia 1,✉
PMCID: PMC2447362  PMID: 18629077

Abstract

Multiple sequence alignments have much to offer to the understanding of protein structure, evolution and function. We are developing approaches to use this information in predicting protein-binding specificity, intra-protein and protein-protein interactions, and in reconstructing protein interaction networks.

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