title: Classification of protein sequences by their dipeptide composition.
abstract: A simple approach to scan quickly a large protein sequence database for homology is described. The approach used is strictly dependent on the database organization. A database has been compiled in which protein sequences are grouped into families of closely related proteins, each family being characterized by its average dipeptide composition. A new entry in the database can be allocated in a family by comparing its dipeptide composition with the average dipeptide composition of the families.
authors: Istituto di Industrie Agrarie, Università di Napoli, Portici, Italy.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Petrilli
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000032:analysis*; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides