A team of researchers develops new search capabilities that will allow to compare the biochemical makeup of different species from across the tree of life. A team of researchers from the Max ...

in databases of known gene and protein sequences using computer programs. Two such notable databases are BLAST and FASTA. The way in which homologous sequences are identified is through alignment ...

Protein Sequences: Not So Predictable After All Date: March 8, 2004 Source: Ludwig Institute For Cancer Research Summary: Scientists have believed for decades that the sequencing of the human ...

One of these algorithms looks for protein sequences that are evolutionary ... It typically comes up with a basic alignment quickly, then refines it. These sorts of refinements can involve shifting ...

Bioinformatics approaches including Sequence Alignment to Predict Across Species Susceptibility (SeqAPASS), Molecular Operating Environment (MOE), and iCn3D software were used to compare protein ...

then finding a protein sequence — the sequence of amino acids that make up a protein — likely to “fold” into that structure. (Proteins must correctly fold into three-dimensional shapes to ...