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Improved tools for biological sequence comparison.
- W. Pearson, D. Lipman
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 1 April 1988
We have developed three computer programs for comparisons of protein and DNA sequences. They can be used to search sequence data bases, evaluate similarity scores, and identify periodic structures… Expand
Rapid and sensitive sequence comparison with FASTP and FASTA.
- W. Pearson
- Biology, Medicine
- Methods in enzymology
- 1990
The FASTA program can search the NBRF protein sequence library (2.5 million residues) in less than 20 min on an IBM-PC microcomputer and unambiguously detect proteins that shared a common ancestor… Expand
Comparison of DNA sequences with protein sequences.
- W. Pearson, T. Wood, Z. Zhang, Webb Miller
- Biology, Medicine
- Genomics
- 15 November 1997
The FASTA package of sequence comparison programs has been expanded to include FASTX and FASTY, which compare a DNA sequence to a protein sequence database, translating the DNA sequence in three… Expand
Flexible sequence similarity searching with the FASTA3 program package.
- W. Pearson
- Computer Science, Medicine
- Methods in molecular biology
- 2000
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Searching protein sequence libraries: comparison of the sensitivity and selectivity of the Smith-Waterman and FASTA algorithms.
- W. Pearson
- Biology, Medicine
- Genomics
- 1 November 1991
The sensitivity and selectivity of the FASTA and the Smith-Waterman protein sequence comparison algorithms were evaluated using the superfamily classification provided in the National Biomedical… Expand
Empirical statistical estimates for sequence similarity searches.
- W. Pearson
- Mathematics, Medicine
- Journal of molecular biology
- 13 February 1998
The FASTA package of sequence comparison programs has been modified to provide accurate statistical estimates for local sequence similarity scores with gaps. These estimates are derived using the… Expand
Using the FASTA program to search protein and DNA sequence databases.
- W. Pearson
- Biology, Medicine
- Methods in molecular biology
- 1994
Effective protein sequence comparison.
- W. Pearson
- Biology, Medicine
- Methods in enzymology
- 1996
Although there are several different comparison programs available (e.g., BLASTP, FASTA, SSEARCH, and BLITZ) that can be used with different scoring systems (e.g., PAM120, PAM250, BLOSUM50, BLOSUM62)… Expand
Comparison of methods for searching protein sequence databases
- W. Pearson
- Mathematics, Medicine
- Protein science : a publication of the Protein…
- 1 June 1995
We have compared commonly used sequence comparison algorithms, scoring matrices, and gap penalties using a method that identifies statistically significant differences in performance. Search… Expand
The Catalytic Site Atlas 2.0: cataloging catalytic sites and residues identified in enzymes
- Nicholas Furnham, Gemma L. Holliday, T. Beer, Julius O. B. Jacobsen, W. Pearson, J. Thornton
- Biology, Computer Science
- Nucleic Acids Res.
- 5 December 2013
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