Fast index based algorithms and software for matching position specific scoring matrices

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In biological sequence analysis, position specific scoring matrices (PSSMs) are widely used to represent sequence motifs in nucleotide as well as amino acid sequences. Searching with PSSMs in complete genomes or large sequence databa...

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Main Authors: Homann Robert, Beckstette Michael, Giegerich Robert, Kurtz Stefan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-08-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/7/389