Probabilistic alignment of motifs with sequences
Gonnet P, Lisacek F, BIOINFORMATICS, 18, 8, 1091-1101, 2002
ABSTRACT
Motivation: Motif detection is an important component of the classification and annotation of protein sequences. A method for aligning motifs with an amino acid sequence is introduced. The motifs can be described by the secondary (i.e. functional, biophysical, etc…) characteristics of a signal or pattern to be detected. The results produced are based on the statistical relevance of the alignment. The method was targeted to avoid the problems (i.e. over-fitting, biological interpretation and mathematical soundness) encountered in other methods currently available.