Lecture notes in computer science : multiple DNA sequence alignment using joint weight matrix

• Main Authors: Shu, Jian Jun, Yong, Kian Yan, Chan, Weng Kong
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Life and medical sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93996; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7188
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The way for performing multiple sequence alignment is based on the criterion of the maximum scored information content computed from a weight matrix, but it is possible to have two or more alignments to have the same highest score leading to ambiguities in selecting the best alignment...