Sequence mask type
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http://edamontology.org/data_0842
A label (text token) describing the type of sequence masking to perform.
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obsolete
Created in
beta12orEarlier
Obsolete since
1.5
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Sequence masking is where specific characters or positions in a molecular sequence are masked (replaced) with an another (mask character). The mask type indicates what is masked, for example regions that are not of interest or which are information-poor including acidic protein regions, basic protein regions, proline-rich regions, low compositional complexity regions, short-periodicity internal repeats, simple repeats and low complexity regions. Masked sequences are used in database search to eliminate statistically significant but biologically uninteresting hits.
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http://edamontology.org/data_0842