Search Results - "Ian Smith, A"
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iFeature: a Python package and web server for features extraction and selection from protein and peptide sequences
Published in Bioinformatics (15-07-2018)“…Abstract Summary Structural and physiochemical descriptors extracted from sequence data have been widely used to represent sequences and predict structural,…”
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A comprehensive review and performance evaluation of bioinformatics tools for HLA class I peptide-binding prediction
Published in Briefings in bioinformatics (15-07-2020)“…Abstract Human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) molecules are encoded by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I loci in humans. The binding and…”
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iLearn: an integrated platform and meta-learner for feature engineering, machine-learning analysis and modeling of DNA, RNA and protein sequence data
Published in Briefings in bioinformatics (21-05-2020)“…Abstract With the explosive growth of biological sequences generated in the post-genomic era, one of the most challenging problems in bioinformatics and…”
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DeepCleave: a deep learning predictor for caspase and matrix metalloprotease substrates and cleavage sites
Published in Bioinformatics (15-02-2020)“…Abstract Motivation Proteases are enzymes that cleave target substrate proteins by catalyzing the hydrolysis of peptide bonds between specific amino acids…”
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Live fast, die young: Accelerated growth, mortality, and turnover in street trees
Published in PloS one (08-05-2019)“…Municipalities are embracing greening initiatives as a key strategy for improving urban sustainability and combatting the environmental impacts of expansive…”
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Quokka: a comprehensive tool for rapid and accurate prediction of kinase family-specific phosphorylation sites in the human proteome
Published in Bioinformatics (15-12-2018)“…Abstract Motivation Kinase-regulated phosphorylation is a ubiquitous type of post-translational modification (PTM) in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells…”
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Twenty years of bioinformatics research for protease-specific substrate and cleavage site prediction: a comprehensive revisit and benchmarking of existing methods
Published in Briefings in bioinformatics (27-11-2019)“…Abstract The roles of proteolytic cleavage have been intensively investigated and discussed during the past two decades. This irreversible chemical process has…”
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PeNGaRoo, a combined gradient boosting and ensemble learning framework for predicting non-classical secreted proteins
Published in Bioinformatics (01-02-2020)“…Abstract Motivation Gram-positive bacteria have developed secretion systems to transport proteins across their cell wall, a process that plays an important…”
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Urbanization and fragmentation mediate temperate forest carbon cycle response to climate
Published in Environmental research letters (01-11-2020)“…Forest fragmentation is ubiquitous across urban and rural areas. While there is mounting evidence that forest fragmentation alters the terrestrial carbon…”
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Piecing together the fragments: elucidating edge effects on forest carbon dynamics
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-05-2018)“…Forest fragmentation is pervasive throughout the world's forests, impacting growing conditions and carbon (C) dynamics through edge effects that produce…”
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Procleave: Predicting Protease-specific Substrate Cleavage Sites by Combining Sequence and Structural Information
Published in Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics (01-02-2020)“…Proteases are enzymes that cleave and hydrolyse the peptide bonds between two specific amino acid residues of target substrate proteins. Protease-controlled…”
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A Deep Learning-Based Method for Identification of Bacteriophage-Host Interaction
Published in IEEE/ACM transactions on computational biology and bioinformatics (01-09-2021)“…Multi-drug resistance (MDR) has become one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide, and novel treatment methods of infections caused by MDR bacteria…”
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The X-ray Crystal Structure of Full-Length Human Plasminogen
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (29-03-2012)“…Plasminogen is the proenzyme precursor of the primary fibrinolytic protease plasmin. Circulating plasminogen, which comprises a Pan-apple (PAp) domain, five…”
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Common Fold Mediates Vertebrate Defense and Bacterial Attack
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (14-09-2007)“…Proteins containing membrane attack complex/perforin (MACPF) domains play important roles in vertebrate immunity, embryonic development, and neural-cell…”
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Upregulation of hepatic angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and angiotensin-(1–7) levels in experimental biliary fibrosis
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-09-2007)“…Background/Aims Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), its product, angiotensin-(1–7) and its receptor, Mas, may moderate the adverse effects of angiotensin…”
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The Clinical and Economic Costs of Delirium After Surgical Resection for Esophageal Malignancy
Published in Annals of surgery (01-07-2013)“…OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to identify preoperative risk factors and postoperative consequences that are associated with the occurrence of delirium…”
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Letter by Rajapakse et al Regarding Article, “Combined Angiotensin Receptor Antagonism and Neprilysin Inhibition”
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Clinical and Pharmacological Investigation of Myotoxicity in Sri Lankan Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Envenoming
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-12-2016)“…Sri Lankan Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming is reported to cause myotoxicity and neurotoxicity, which are different to the effects of envenoming by…”
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The NEAT Domain-Containing Proteins of Clostridium perfringens Bind Heme
Published in PloS one (16-09-2016)“…The ability of a pathogenic bacterium to scavenge iron from its host is important for its growth and survival during an infection. Our studies on C…”
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Myocardial infarction increases ACE2 expression in rat and humans
Published in European heart journal (01-02-2005)“…Aims Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) 2 catalyses the cleavage of angiotensin (Ang) I to Ang 1‐9 and of Ang II to Ang 1‐7. ACE2 deficiency impairs cardiac…”
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