Fast algorithms for computing sequence distances by exhaustive substring composition

Algorithms for Molecular Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Apostolico, Alberto ^a,b,c   Denas, Olgert ^c  

^a ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 58149496557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7188-3-13     Document Type: Article

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