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Structures module of the MLA course on Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources
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Two Types of Related Records for Structures

  • similar sequences --
    (for each protein chain, and each nucleotide chain, if present in the structure) - identified using the BLAST algorithm


  • similar structures --
    (3-D structures that have a similar shape, but can have dissimilar sequence) - identified using the VAST algorithm
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