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Subject: Info on searching protocols...
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Date: 8 Nov 88 15:07:00 GMT
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I need some info, or pointers to info, on several searching algorithms for 
nucleic acid sequences.  these are:

	1)  Wilbur - lipman
	2)  Needleman-Wensch/Smith-Waterman
	3)  fastA

can anyone explain these to me in a language that a molecular biologist can
understand (albeit a computer literate mol. biologist)?

Thanks

Keith
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