LenVarDB: database of length-variant protein domains

Eshita Mutt1, Oommen K Mathew, Ramanathan Sowdhamini

  • 1International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500032, Andhra Pradesh, India, National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), UAS-GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560065, Karnataka, India and SASTRA University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur 613401, Tamil Nadu, India.

Nucleic Acids Research
|November 7, 2013
PubMed
Summary

LenVarDB traces protein domain length variations (indels) across millions of sequences and protein families. Visualizing these evolutionary changes aids in predicting functional impacts and designing bioengineering experiments.

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