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Bioinformatics Flashcards

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What are the sequence viewers available?

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Seaview
AliView
Mesquite
MEGA

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What are the sequence formats that are available?

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FASTA
GenBank
Nexus
Phylip

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What is the ORF?

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Open Reading Frame
A string of in-frame combinations/triplets of bases that specify an amino acid
Starts with ATG (Methionine) or Val
Ends with stop codon

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What is the start codon and the stop codons?

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Start: ATG/AUG
Stops: TAG/UAG, UAA, UGA

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What are the 2 reasons behind which BLAST work?

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  • Similar sequences tend to have similar functions

- Similar sequences tend to be evolutionary related

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