Sequence similarity (‘Homology’) searching for molecular biologists

A general method applicable to the search for similarities in the amino acid sequence of two proteins

Saul B. Needleman, Christian D. Wunsch · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1970 · 11.5K citations

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Identification of common molecular subsequences

Temple F. Smith, Michael S. Waterman · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1981 · 10.1K citations

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Rapid and Sensitive Protein Similarity Searches

David J. Lipman, William R. Pearson · Science · 1985 · 4.1K citations

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An improved algorithm for matching biological sequences

Osamu Gotoh · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1982 · 1.8K citations

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Biology +14

Rapid similarity searches of nucleic acid and protein data banks.

W. John Wilbur, David J. Lipman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1983 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Bioinformatics, Biology +15