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BMCBI
2004
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DIALIGN P: Fast pair-wise and multiple sequence alignment using parallel processors
Background: Parallel computing is frequently used to speed up computationally expensive tasks in Bioinformatics. Results: Herein, a parallel version of the multi-alignment program...
Martin Schmollinger, Kay Nieselt, Michael Kaufmann...
BMCBI
2008
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Grammar-based distance in progressive multiple sequence alignment
Background: We propose a multiple sequence alignment (MSA) algorithm and compare the alignment-quality and execution-time of the proposed algorithm with that of existing algorithm...
David J. Russell, Hasan H. Otu, Khalid Sayood
BMCBI
2008
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Strategies for measuring evolutionary conservation of RNA secondary structures
Background: Evolutionary conservation of RNA secondary structure is a typical feature of many functional non-coding RNAs. Since almost all of the available methods used for predic...
Andreas R. Gruber, Stephan H. F. Bernhart, Ivo L. ...
BMCBI
2006
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A maximum likelihood framework for protein design
Background: The aim of protein design is to predict amino-acid sequences compatible with a given target structure. Traditionally envisioned as a purely thermodynamic question, thi...
Claudia L. Kleinman, Nicolas Rodrigue, Céci...
BMCBI
2006
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EVEREST: automatic identification and classification of protein domains in all protein sequences
Background: Proteins are comprised of one or several building blocks, known as domains. Such domains can be classified into families according to their evolutionary origin. Wherea...
Elon Portugaly, Amir Harel, Nathan Linial, Michal ...