SCANMOT: searching for similar sequences using a simultaneous scan of multiple sequence motifs.

ABSTRACT: Establishment of similarities between proteins is very important for the study of the relationship between sequence, structure and function and for the analysis of evolutionary relationships. Motif-based search methods play a crucial role in establishing the connections between proteins that are particularly useful for distant relationships. This paper reports SCANMOT, a web-based server that searches for similarities between proteins by simultaneous matching of multiple motifs. SCANMOT searches for similar sequences in entire sequence databases using multiple conserved regions and utilizes inter-motif spacing as restraints. The SCANMOT server is available via http://www.ncbs.res.in/~faculty/mini/scanmot/scanmot.html.

SUBMITTER: Chakrabarti S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1160253 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature