Yin Yao, Martin C. Frith

In: Martín-Vide C., Vega-Rodríguez M.A., Wheeler T. (eds) Algorithms for Computational Biology. AlCoB 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12715. Springer, Cham. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-74432-8_11

Improved DNA-versus-Protein Homology Search for Protein Fossils

Uses a 64 x 21 substitution matrix and automatically learns the genetic code. Detected fossils of the polinton and DIRS/Ngaro repeat elements in the human genome. 10 times faster than blastx.