4.8 GAP_OPEN

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4.8 GAP_OPEN

Option GAP_OPEN

Function Sets gap open cost for gapped alignment

Input format Integer

Default 0

Example To set this to 5, use '&GAP_OPEN=5&'

*Function*	Sets gap open cost for gapped alignment
*Input format*	Integer
*Default*	0
*Example*	To set this to 5, use '&GAP_OPEN=5&'

Note: Only a limited set of combinations of GAP_OPEN and GAP_EXTEND are supported. For more information, see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/staff/tao/URLAPI/new/node89.html.

Tao Tao 2006-12-04