Mining the Arabidopsis thaliana genome for highly-divergent seven transmembrane receptors

Genome Biol. 2006;7(10):R96. doi: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-10-r96. Epub 2006 Oct 25.

Abstract

To identify divergent seven-transmembrane receptor (7TMR) candidates from the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, multiple protein classification methods were combined, including both alignment-based and alignment-free classifiers. This resolved problems in optimally training individual classifiers using limited and divergent samples, and increased stringency for candidate proteins. We identified 394 proteins as 7TMR candidates and highlighted 54 with corresponding expression patterns for further investigation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Databases, Protein
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Genome, Plant*
  • Markov Chains
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / genetics*

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Receptors, Cell Surface