Using hybrid alignment for iterative sequence database searches

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 841-853

  Li, Yuheng ^a   Lauria, Mario ^a   Bundschuh, Ralf ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid algorithm; Length correction; MPI; PSI BLAST; Sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEMODULATION; GENES; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

HYBRID ALGORITHM; LENGTH CORRECTION; MPI; PSI-BLAST; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DNA SEQUENCES;

EID: 3142724728     PISSN: 15320626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpe.809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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