Fast protein block searches
EMBL Data Library, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Postfach 10.2209, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany
Profile searches using aligned short protein blocks are an effective method for identifying putative protein functions. An algorithm is presented that accelerates block searches by a factor 25 with only limited lack of sensitivity: this algorithm is particularly suited for application in large-scale genome research.
Received on June 29, 1993; accepted on September 9, 1993