Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
MatrixGen, amino acid change, protein family evolution
College
Life Sciences
Department
Biology
Abstract
Background: Algorithms for aligning protein and DNA sequences are dependent upon the scoring matrix used to generate accurate alignments. Most alignment applications offer only a few choices for such scoring matrices (typically PAM and BLOSUM series matrices).
Recommended Citation
Bowers, John J. and Crandall, Dr. Keith A.
(2013)
"MatrixGen: Customized Amino Acid Change Matrices to Study Protein Family Evolution,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 1048.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1048