Cureus | Tachyon search speeds up retrieval of similar sequences by several orders of magnitude
Research Article

Tachyon search speeds up retrieval of similar sequences by several orders of magnitude



Abstract

Summary: The usage of current sequence search tools becomes increasingly slower as databases of protein sequences continue to grow exponentially. Tachyon, a new algorithm that identifies closely related protein sequences ~200 times faster than standard BLAST, circumvents this limitation with a reduced database and oligopeptide matching heuristic.Availability and implementation: The tool is publicly accessible as a webserver at http://tachyon.bii.a-star.edu.sg and can also be accessed programmatically through SOAP.Contact: [email protected] information: Supplementary data are available at the Bioinformatics online.


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