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Article #6594Re: longest matching sequence
From: Tom Schneider
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1991 13:26
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1991 13:26
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In article <9109261841.AA15052@bambi.ccs.fau.edu> tomh@BAMBI.CCS.FAU.EDU (Tom Holroyd) writes: > Waterman, M.S., L. Gordon, and R. Arratia. Phase transitions in > sequence matches and nucleic acid structure. PNAS 84: 1239-1243, 1987. > The phase transition they refer to is > that the minimum energy, and thus the alignment selected, changes > from a linear to a logarithmic relationship with the mismatch penalty. How could an energy be involved when a human compares two sequences (other than the actions that the human takes)? That is, although I'm sure it takes energy to compare sequences, what could this possibly mean in terms of the molecules involved? Tom Schneider National Cancer Institute Laboratory of Mathematical Biology Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 toms@ncifcrf.gov
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a7a9,1814a3c2b007f53a X-Google-Attributes: gid10a7a9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-09-30 16:20:24 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bionet!lhc!ncifcrf!fcs260c2!toms From: toms@fcs260c2.ncifcrf.gov (Tom Schneider) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.evolution Subject: Re: longest matching sequence Message-ID: <2390@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> Date: 30 Sep 91 13:26:22 GMT References: <9109261841.AA15052@bambi.ccs.fau.edu> Sender: news@ncifcrf.gov Distribution: bionet Organization: NCI Supercomputer Facility, Frederick, MD Lines: 19