A greedy algorithm for aligning DNA sequences

Journal of Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 203-214

  Zhang, Zheng ^a   Schwartz, Scott ^a   Wagner, Lukas ^b   Miller, Webb ^a  

^a Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Greedy algorithms; Sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034053725     PISSN: 10665277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10665270050081478     Document Type: Review

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