Search of periodicities in primary structure of biopolymers: a general Fourier approach

• Published in: Bioinformatics Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 49 - 54
• Main Authors: Makeev, V.Ju, Tumanyan, V.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.02.1996
• Subjects: Algorithms; Amino Acid Sequence; Biopolymers - chemistry; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Fourier Analysis; Humans; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Structure; Proteins - chemistry; Proteins - genetics; Software

We discuss a new convenient way to study periodical patterns in primary structures of biopolymers which appeared recently. For the sequence of a biopolymer the symbolic correlation function is constructed, which, is used as a digital sequence thus allowing us to perform a Fourier transform. Another...