PhymmBL expanded: confidence scores, custom databases, parallelization and more.
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SUBMITTER: Brady A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3319356 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
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PhymmBL expanded: confidence scores, custom databases, parallelization and more.
Brady Arthur A Salzberg Steven S
Nature methods 20110501 5
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