On the distribution of k-tuple matches for sequence homology: A constant time exact calculation of the variance

Journal of Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-100

  Benson, Gary ^a   Su, Xiaoping ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICS; VARIANCE;

EID: 0031923832     PISSN: 10665277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cmb.1998.5.87     Document Type: Article

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