A novel protein from a deep sea archaebacterium was identified and sequenced. The sequence is expected to be widely divergent from known sequences. Which scoring matrix will produce the most appropriate alignment in a search for homologs in the NCBI database?

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Which of the following statement is correct for BLAST?

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A short stretch of identical residues in FASTA is called 

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A ktup is composed of ___residues for protein sequences and _____ residues for DNA sequences.

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BLAST uses a _______ to find matching words, whereas FASTA identifies identical matching words using the _____

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Which of the following statement is not a benefit of FASTA over BLAST?

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In FASTA, For a Z-score > 15, the match can be considered extremely ______ with _____ of a homologous relationship.