ProtTest: selection of best-fit models of protein evolution.
CONCLUSIONS
Using an appropriate model of amino acid replacement is very important for the study of protein evolution and phylogenetic inference. We have built a tool for the selection of the best-fit model of evolution, among a set of candidate models, for a given protein sequence alignment.


BACKGROUND
ProtTest is available under the GNU license from http://darwin.uvigo.es
Abascal
Federico
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Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, Universidad de Vigo, Spain. fabascal@uvigo.es
Zardoya
Rafael
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Posada
David
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D000465:Algorithms; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014584:User-Computer Interface
D000596:Amino Acids; D011506:Proteins