Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the integrated methods for the construction of
three-dimensional models and computational probing of structure–function relations in G …

Membrane proteins are crucial for many biological functions and have become attractive
targets for pharmacological agents. About 10%–30% of all proteins contain membrane …

Olfaction in Drosophila is mediated by a large family of membrane-bound odorant receptor
proteins (Ors). In heterologous cells, we investigated whether the structural features and …

The topology predictor SPLIT 4.0 (http://pref. etfos. hr) predicts the sequence location of
transmembrane helices by performing an automatic selection of optimal amino acid attribute …

Infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) is an orthomyxovirus causing serious disease in
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). This study presents the characterization of the ISAV 50-kDa …

The Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokine (DARC) is an erythrocyte receptor for malaria
parasites (Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi) and for chemokines. In contrast to …

The sequence-structure gap is rapidly increasing. Currently, databases for protein
sequences (eg, SWISS-PROT [1]) are expanding rapidly, largely due to large-scale genome …

Endoplasmic reticular (ER) membrane modifications play an important role in viral RNA
replication and virion assembly but little is known about the involvement of ER-membrane …

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is important in insect ecology, eliciting a range of behaviours across
different species. Interestingly, the numbers of CO 2 gustatory receptors (GRs) vary among …

Recently a new learning method called support vector machines (SVM) has shown
comparable or better results than neural networks on some applications. In this thesis we …