Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on January 28, 2008
Bioinformatics 2008 24(6):872-873; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btn040
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On distance and similarity in fold space
Center of Applied Molecular Engineering, Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Summary: Metric information on similarities and distances in fold space is essential for quantitative work in structural bioinformatics and structural biology. Here we derive a suitable metric for protein structures from the fundamental axioms of similarity. Derivation of the metric also clarifies the relationship between the interrelated concepts of distance and similarity.
Contact: sippl{at}came.sbg.ac.at
Associate Editor: Anna Tramontano
Received on December 24, 2007; revised on January 14, 2008; accepted on January 24, 2008
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