Versatile and open software for comparing large genomes

Basic local alignment search tool

Stephen F. Altschul, Warren Gish, Webb Miller et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1990 · 92.8K citations

Bioinformatics, Engineering, Information Retrieval +10

Improved tools for biological sequence comparison.

William R. Pearson, David J. Lipman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1988 · 11.3K citations · Full text

Genetics, Molecular Biology, Dna Sequences +18

Identification of common molecular subsequences

Temple F. Smith, Michael S. Waterman · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1981 · 10K citations

Sequence Motif, Functional Genomics, Natural Sciences +8

Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome

Scott Schwartz · Nature · 2002 · 7.2K citations · Full text

Sequencing, Medicine, Genetics +5

CAP3: A DNA Sequence Assembly Program

Xiaoqiu Huang, Anup Madan · Genome Research · 1999 · 5.2K citations · Full text

Engineering, Genetics, Molecular Biology +24