Analysis and comparison of benchmarks for multiple sequence alignment

In Silico Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-339

  Blackshields, Gordon ^a   Wallace, Iain M ^a   Larkin, Mark ^a   Higgins, Desmond G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

BAliBASE; Benchmark; HOMSTRAD; IRMbase; Multiple sequence alignment; Over alignment; Over training; OxBench; PREFAB; RMSD; SABmark; Structural superposition

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33748940447     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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