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peplib (version 1.5.1)

default.MetricParams: Default parameters for calculating sequence-sequence distances

Description

Consists of the BLOSUM62 substitution matrix and a gap open penalty of 10 and gap extension penalty of 0.2. These are used when comparing sequences.

Arguments

Format

An object of class MetricParams

References

Henikoff, S.; Henikoff, J.G. (1992). "Amino Acid Substitution Matrices from Protein Blocks". PNAS 89 (22): 10915-10919.