Match-Box_server: a multiple sequence alignment tool placing emphasis on reliability
Author(s) -
Eric Depiereux,
G. Baudoux,
Pascal Briffeuil,
Isabelle Reginster,
Xavier De Bolle,
Carla Vinals,
Ernest Feytmans
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/13.3.249
Subject(s) - computer science , sequence alignment , similarity (geometry) , sequence (biology) , software , sequence analysis , computational biology , web server , reliability (semiconductor) , spec# , genetics , algorithm , biology , data mining , artificial intelligence , dna , gene , peptide sequence , the internet , world wide web , image (mathematics) , programming language , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The Match-Box software comprises protein sequence alignment tools based on strict statistical thresholds of similarity between protein segments. The method circumvents the gap penalty requirement: gaps being the result of the alignment and not a governing parameter of the procedure. The reliable conserved regions outlined by Match-Box are particularly relevant for homology modelling of protein structures, prediction of essential residues for site-directed mutagenesis and oligonucleotide design for cloning homologous genes by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
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