This category is for online services which use algorithms to find genes or proteins homologous to input DNA or amino acid sequences. The most common algorithms used are based on a method called BLAST.
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- WU-BLAST Archives Sensitive, selective, and rapid sequence database searching with gapped alignments - from Washington Univ.-St.Louis.
- mreps : maximal tandem repeats search Open source tool for identifying serial repeats (tandem repeats) in DNA sequences.
- GENESTREAM Bioinformatics Resource Server Sequence comparision and search programs, including the rigorous Smith-Waterman algorithm (in FastA and Ssearch) - from the IGH, Montpellier FR.
- ESPript Formatting of multiple sequence alignments to a color postscript file. Can include graphical features by using PDB entry.
- BLAST Suite of alignment tools to detect conserved sequences, similar domain architecture, gene expression profiles, and SNP using protein or nucleotide targets. Includes support and archiving of strategies at NCBI, Bethesda, Maryland.
- The ISREC Group Servers Detection and assessment of similarity between distantly related sequences by means of a variety of remotely-executable software - from the Swiss Inst. for Experimental Cancer Research.
- Sequence Alignment and Modeling System Implementation of hidden Markov models for sequence analysis. Free UNIX software for nonprofit groups, and sequences can be submitted online.