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Advances in Bioinformatics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 457578, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/457578
Research Article

Computational Design of a DNA- and Fc-Binding Fusion Protein

Jonas Winkler,1 Giuliano Armano,2 J. Nikolaj Dybowski,1 Oliver Kuhn,1 Filippo Ledda,2 and Dominik Heider1

1Department of Bioinformatics, Center for Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitaetsstraβe 1-5, 45117 Essen, Germany
2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Cagliari, Piazza d'Armi, 09123 Cagliari, Italy

Received 29 April 2011; Revised 16 June 2011; Accepted 22 June 2011

Academic Editor: Shandar Ahmad

Copyright © 2011 Jonas Winkler et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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