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Aligning amino acid sequences: Comparison of commonly used methods
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- Authors
- Feng, D. F., Johnson, M. S., & Doolittle, R. F.
- Venue
- Journal of Molecular Evolution
- Published
- 1985-02
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 112-125
- ISSN
- 0022-2844 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-1432
- OpenAlex
- W2085005062
- Cited by
- 391
- References
- 30
- FWCI
- 7.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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