AMPA: an automated web server for prediction of protein antimicrobial regions

• DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr604
• Publication Date: 2011-11-04T01:43:06Z
• Authors: Marc Torrent; Paolo Di Tommaso; David Pulido; M. Victòria Nogués; Cedric Notredame; Ester Boix; David Andreu
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; Internet; 03 medical and health sciences; Anti-Infective Agents; Programming Languages; Peptides; Algorithms; Software; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; Protein Structure, Tertiary; 3. Good health

Abstract Summary: AMPA is a web application for assessing the antimicrobial domains of proteins, with focus on design new drugs. The provides fast discovery patterns in proteins that can be used to develop peptide-based drugs against pathogens. Results are shown user-friendly graphical interface and downloaded as raw data later examination. Availability: freely available at http://tcoffee.crg.cat/apps/ampa. source code also web. Contact: [e-mail]; [e-mail] Supplementary information: Bioinformatics online.