Glossary

Sequence logo

Sequence logo is a graphical representation of the conserved regions in DNA or protein strings. Sequence logo consists of a stack of letters at each position, where the relative sizes of the letters indicates their frequency in the sequences.

Sequence logo example

Example of a sequence logo showing the most conserved bases around the initiation codon from all human mRNAs. Initiation codon is not drawn to scale.

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