%0 Journal Article %A Omar Gaci and Stefan Balev %D 2008 %J International Journal of Bioengineering and Life Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 20, 2008 %T A General Model for Amino Acid Interaction Networks %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2931 %V 20 %X In this paper we introduce the notion of protein interaction network. This is a graph whose vertices are the protein-s amino acids and whose edges are the interactions between them. Using a graph theory approach, we identify a number of properties of these networks. We compare them to the general small-world network model and we analyze their hierarchical structure. %P 141 - 145