Position-Specific Scoring Matrices

"Position-Specific Scoring Matrices" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Tabular numerical representations of sequence motifs displaying their variability as likelihood values for each possible residue at each position in a sequence. Position-specific scoring matrices (PSSMs) are calculated from position frequency matrices.

Descriptor ID	D056510
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.740.600.650 E05.393.760.670 G02.111.570.580.175.500
Concept/Terms	Position-Specific Scoring Matrices Position-Specific Scoring Matrices Matrices, Position-Specific Scoring Position Specific Scoring Matrices Scoring Matrices, Position-Specific Position-Specific Weight Matrix Matrix, Position-Specific Weight Position Specific Weight Matrix Weight Matrix, Position-Specific Position-Specific Scoring Matrix Matrix, Position-Specific Scoring Position Specific Scoring Matrix Scoring Matrix, Position-Specific Position-Specific Weight Matrices Matrices, Position-Specific Weight Position Specific Weight Matrices Weight Matrices, Position-Specific Position Weight Matrices Matrices, Position Weight Weight Matrices, Position Position Weight Matrix Matrix, Position Weight Weight Matrix, Position Sequence Logo Sequence Logo Logo, Sequence Logos, Sequence Sequence Logos Position Frequency Matrices Position Frequency Matrices Frequency Matrices, Position Matrices, Position Frequency

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Position-Specific Scoring Matrices".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Statistics as Topic [E05.318.740]
Probability [E05.318.740.600]
Position-Specific Scoring Matrices [E05.318.740.600.650]
Genetic Techniques [E05.393]
Sequence Analysis [E05.393.760]
Position-Specific Scoring Matrices [E05.393.760.670]
Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Molecular Structure [G02.111.570]
Conserved Sequence [G02.111.570.580]
Consensus Sequence [G02.111.570.580.175]
Position-Specific Scoring Matrices [G02.111.570.580.175.500]

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