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Moment invariants as shape recognition technique for comparing protein binding sites
Author(s) -
I. Sommer,
Oliver Müller,
Francisco S. Domingues,
Oliver Sander,
Joachim Weickert,
Thomas Lengauer
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btm503
Subject(s) - python (programming language) , pattern recognition (psychology) , binding site , feature (linguistics) , feature vector , similarity measure , set (abstract data type) , measure (data warehouse) , artificial intelligence , similarity (geometry) , computer science , mathematics , data mining , biology , image (mathematics) , genetics , linguistics , philosophy , programming language , operating system
An approach for identifying similarities of protein-protein binding sites is presented. The geometric shape of a binding site is described by computing a feature vector based on moment invariants. In order to search for similarities, feature vectors of binding sites are compared. Similar feature vectors indicate binding sites with similar shapes.

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