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Alignment-free sequence analysisComputer scienceSmith–Waterman algorithmSequence (biology)Multiple sequence alignmentSimilarity (geometry)Measure (data warehouse)Flexibility (engineering)Data miningSequence alignmentSimilitudeAlgorithmArtificial intelligenceComputational biologyMathematicsGeneGeneticsBiologyStatisticsPeptide sequence

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Year: 1990
Type: article
Volume: 215
Issue: 3
Pages: 403-410
Citations: 91870
Access: Closed

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                                    Stephen F. Altschul, 
                                
                                    Warren Gish, 
                                
                                    Webb Miller
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1990). 
                            Basic local alignment search tool. 
                            Journal of Molecular Biology
                            , 215
                            (3)
                            , 403-410.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-2836(05)80360-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(05)80360-2