SAPA tool: finding protein regions by combination of amino acid composition, scaled profiles, patterns and rules

Josef Maier1, Alexei A Adzhubei, Wolfgang Egge-Jacobsen

  • 1IStLS, 78727 Oberndorf, Germany, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow 119991, Russia, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Glyconor Mass Spectrometry, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo and Norbrain Mass Spectrometry Facility, Unit for Genome Dynamics, Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, 0372 Oslo, Norway.

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