[BiO BB] A question on Smith-Waterman algorithm

[Dr. Achuthsankar S. Nair]

When you use PAM and BLOSUM, the simple 1/0 scoring is no longer applicable,
they are overtaken by the PAM/BLOSUM matrices themselves
-- 
Dr Achuthsankar S Nair
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On 9/14/06, Skull Crossbones <witch_of_agnessi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> In the SW algo. mismatches are given negative scores.
> Does this mean I can not use an Identity Scoring
> Matrix ( 1 for match and 0 for mismatch) for aligning
> DNA sequences? Does the term "Mismatch" applies for
> protein scoring matrices like PAM and BLOSUM
>
> Thanks in advance
> WoA
>
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