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An automated program to screen databases for members of protein families
Xiaofeng Zhou1, Rikki N Hvorup, Milton H Saier
1Division of Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA.
Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology
|April 4, 2003
Abstract:
We have developed a program, ScreenTransporter (ST), to screen for potential members of recognized transporter families. This program uses Blastpgp as the engine to search a nonredundant database, NRDB90, based on an adjustable E-value cut-off as well as adjustable protein size criteria. Additional parameters can be integrated in later versions. ST is convenient for easily obtaining nonredundant members of transporter families starting from several homologous query sequences. The program can be applied to any protein family.