MPsrch - Protein Database Query

MPsrch is a biological sequence sequence comparison tool that implements the true Smith and Waterman algorithm. It runs a search on a HP/COMPAQ cluster, using single and parallelised versions of the software. It allows an rigorous search in a reasonable computational time. MPsrch utilises an exhaustive algorithm, which is recognised as the most sensitive sequence comparison method available, whereas BLAST and FASTA utilise a heuristic one. As a consequence, MPsrch is capable of identifying hits in cases where BLAST and FASTA fail and also reports fewer false-positive hits.