Tests for the statistical significance of protein sequence similarities in data-bank searches.

A suite of tests to evaluate the statistical significance of protein sequence similarities is developed for use in data bank searches. The tests are based on the Wilbur-Lipman word-search algorithm, and take into account the sequence lengths and compositions, and optionally the weighting of amino ac...

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Main Authors: Mott, R, Kirkwood, T, Curnow, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1990