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How to identify unknown sequence? - No BLAST identity!! (Nov/05/2008 )

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except for the gap from 90-180 the scores look a little disconcerting.

how does the actual alignment look?

what is the percent identity?

these factors will help you determine the uniqueness of your sequence.

-mdfenko-

It's the amino acid sequence that determines what the protein does -- 50% similarity at the DNA level implies it's 50% different. You really need to determine what the amino acid sequence of your ORF is, and use that to identify what you've got...

-HomeBrew-

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