How well does the HoT score reflect sequence alignment accuracy?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1576-1580

  Hall, Barry G ^a  

^a Bellingham Research Institute

Author keywords

Alignment methods; HoT consistency; Sequence alignment accuracy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 47649117544     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn103     Document Type: Article

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