NNvPDB: Neural Network based Protein Secondary Structure Prediction with PDB Validation.
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SUBMITTER: Sakthivel S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4574126 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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NNvPDB: Neural Network based Protein Secondary Structure Prediction with PDB Validation.
Sakthivel Seethalakshmi S S K M Habeeb H
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<h4>Unlabelled</h4>The predicted secondary structural states are not cross validated by any of the existing servers. Hence, information on the level of accuracy for every sequence is not reported by the existing servers. This was overcome by NNvPDB, which not only reported greater Q3 but also validates every prediction with the homologous PDB entries. NNvPDB is based on the concept of Neural Network, with a new and different approach of training the network every time with five PDB structures th ...[more]
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