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Name: PSI-BLAST
ID: m11040
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module is designed to introduce the student to PSI-BLAST. PSI-BLAST is a bioinformatics tool, offered through NCBI, for identifying weak, but biologically relevant sequence similarities.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: bioinformatics, protein database search, protein motif profile, PSI-BLAST, sequence alignment
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Latest version: 2.13 (history)
First publication date: Feb 7, 2003 12:00 am US/Central
Last revision to module: Sep 10, 2008 3:43 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m11040_2.13.cnxml

Version History

Version: 2.13 Sep 10, 2008 3:43 pm GMT-5 by Susan Cates
Changes: 
APPLIED SUGGESTED EDITS
Version: 2.12 Sep 26, 2007 1:04 pm GMT-5 by Susan Cates
Changes: 
modifications to reflect changes in ncbi blast interface
Version: 2.11 Jan 31, 2007 5:25 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
changes required by new results format at NCBI BLAST
Version: 2.10 Feb 2, 2006 4:59 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor edits that reflect changes in PDB web page interface
Version: 2.9 Feb 23, 2005 4:52 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
minor
Version: 2.8 Feb 7, 2005 1:11 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
changed questions to <exercise> and <problem> format
Version: 2.7 Feb 9, 2004 5:05 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
corrected minor wording issues
Version: 2.6 Feb 5, 2004 7:05 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
made changes adjusting to new psi-blast interface on ncbi website
-mscates
Version: 2.5 Feb 21, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
downloaded a copy
Version: 2.4 Feb 19, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes: 
reworded psi-blast instructions, added note type footnote
Version: 2.3 Feb 7, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
forgot to save before submitting reworded abstract, silly me
Version: 2.2 Feb 7, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
reworded the abstract
Version: 2.1 Feb 7, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
added definition for motif sequences, v2
Version: 2.0 Feb 7, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
psiblast v1

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