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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Main Authors: Rahmann Sven, Herms Inke, Wolfsheimer Stefan, Hartmann Alexander K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/12/47

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