Accurate statistics for local sequence alignment with position-dependent scoring by rare-event sampling
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Molecular database search tools need statistical models to assess the significance for the resulting hits. In the classical approach one asks the question how probable a certain score is observed by pure chance. Asymptotic theories f...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-02-01
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Series: | BMC Bioinformatics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/12/47 |