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What is the score of a perfect match to a consensus string?

April 26, 2017consensus Perfect score String

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What is the score of a perfect match to a consensus string?

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Submitted: 2004/03/03; Answered: by Jonathan Schug Letter Bases Score A A 2.0 C C 2.0 G G 2.0 T T 2.0 M A,C 1.0 R A,G 1.0 W A,T 1.0 S C,G 1.0 Y C,T 1.0 K G,T 1.0 B A,C,G 0.41 D A,C,T 0.41 H A,G,T 0.41 V C,G,T 0.41 N A,C,G,T 0.0 The maximum log-likelihood ratio a string can achieve is equal to the information content of the string. This can be easily calculated using the table below. Given a string, look up the information content of each letter in the string and compute the total. Example: BGCTCCS 0.41 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 11.41 This sequence would not be found using the default parameters.