- Metagenomics is the study of environmental samples. Because few tools exist for metagenomic analysis, a natural step has been to utilize the popular homology tool, BLAST, to sear...
Background: One of the challenges of bioinformatics remains the recognition of short signal sequences in genomic DNA such as donor or acceptor splice sites, splicing enhancers or ...
Jens Keilwagen, Jan Grau, Stefan Posch, Ivo Grosse
Background: During the past decades, research and development in drug discovery have attracted much attention and efforts. However, only 324 drug targets are known for clinical dr...
Background: Similarity of sequences is a key mathematical notion for Classification and Phylogenetic studies in Biology. It is currently primarily handled using alignments. Howeve...
Paolo Ferragina, Raffaele Giancarlo, Valentina Gre...
Background: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are the most commonly studied units of genetic variation. The discovery of such variation may help to identify causative gene mu...