Comparative analysis of seven multiple protein sequence alignment servers: Clues to enhance reliability of predictions

Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-366

  Briffeuil, Pascal ^a   Baudoux, Guy ^a   Lambert, Christophe ^a   De Bolle, Xavier ^a   Vinals, Carla ^a   Feytmans, Ernest ^a   Depiereux, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

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AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INTERNET; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RELIABILITY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031850192     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/14.4.357     Document Type: Article

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