title: Fast protein block searches.
abstract: 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 2-5 with only limited lack of sensitivity; this algorithm is particularly suited for application in large-scale genome research.
authors.affiliation: EMBL Data Library, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012984:Software; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins