The Blocks Database
The blocks for the
Blocks Database
are made automatically by looking for the most highly
conserved regions in groups of proteins documented in
InterPro.
The blocks created by Block Maker are created in the same manner as the
blocks in the Blocks Database but with sequences provided by the user.
Results are reported in a multiple sequence alignment format without
calibration and in the standard
Block format for searching.
More information is available at Block Searcher Help and at Block Maker Help. See the Blocks Bibliography for references.
The Prints Database in Blocks Format
The Blocks WWW Server optionally searches a complete
version of Terri Attwood's
Prints Database in Blocks format using the Blimps searching program.
Although this service is not available from the Blocks email server,
a subset of Prints blocks not represented in the Blocks
Database is always searched.
Because Prints includes blocks from more than 300 families not
represented in the Blocks Database, and because different methods are
used to construct blocks for families represented in both databases,
we recommend searching both databases.
Please visit the
Prints Protein Motif Fingerprint Database Site
for more information and to retrieve entries.
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