Basic Bioinformatics Terms on letter T

These Basic Bioinformatics Terms on letter - T. It can boost vocabulary in bioinformatics. It can also enhance basic knowledge of Bioinformatics.

1. What is "tBLASTx"?

tBLASTx - It compares the six-frame translations of a nucleotide query sequence against the six-frame translations of a nucleotide sequence database.

2. What is "TCP/IP"?

TCP/IP - It is a transmission control protocol/internet protocol, The software communication protocol of the Internet.
One computer communicates with another computer through the Internet using TCP/IP format.

3. What is "T-Coffee"?

T-Coffee (Tree-based Consistency Objective Function for Alignment Evaluation) -It is a multiple sequence alignment software using a progressive approach.

4. What is "The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)"?

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) - It is Maryland-based genomics and proteomics nonprofit organization that produced public domain genome sequences and analysis software.

5. What is "Transcript"?

Transcript - It is a sequence of RNA produced by transcription.

6. What is "Transcriptome"?

Transcriptome - It was to coined to describe the complete RNA content of a cell/tissue/organism and often measured by DNA microarrays or RNAseq.

7. What is "Transmembrane domain"?

Transmembrane domain - It is the portion of a protein that spans a phospholipid bilayer, typically about 20 amino acids long and predominately hydrophobic.

8. What is "Transposons"?

Transposons - It is sometimes referred to as ‘jumping genes’, segments of DNA that can move from one place in a genome to another.

9. What is "TrEMBL"?

TrEMBL - It is translated EMBL, European equivalent to NR.

10. What is "t-test"?

t-test - It is a statistical method for determining whether a mean or the difference between two means is significantly different than the hypothesized value.

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