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BMCBI
2006
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Gene prediction in eukaryotes with a generalized hidden Markov model that uses hints from external sources
Background: In order to improve gene prediction, extrinsic evidence on the gene structure can be collected from various sources of information such as genome-genome comparisons an...
Mario Stanke, Oliver Schöffmann, Burkhard Mor...
BMCBI
2007
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Improving model construction of profile HMMs for remote homology detection through structural alignment
Background: Remote homology detection is a challenging problem in Bioinformatics. Arguably, profile Hidden Markov Models (pHMMs) are one of the most successful approaches in addre...
Juliana S. Bernardes, Alberto M. R. Dávila,...
BMCBI
2010
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Reduced representation of protein structure: implications on efficiency and scope of detection of structural similarity
Background: Computational comparison of two protein structures is the starting point of many methods that build on existing knowledge, such as structure modeling (including modeli...
Zong Hong Zhang, Hwee Kuan Lee, Ivana Mihalek
BMCBI
2008
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Structural descriptor database: a new tool for sequence-based functional site prediction
Background: The Structural Descriptor Database (SDDB) is a web-based tool that predicts the function of proteins and functional site positions based on the structural properties o...
Juliana S. Bernardes, Jorge H. Fernandez, Ana Tere...
BMCBI
2006
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Hidden Markov Model Variants and their Application
Markov statistical methods may make it possible to develop an unsupervised learning process that can automatically identify genomic structure in prokaryotes in a comprehensive way...
Stephen Winters-Hilt