Dispec: a novel peptide scoring algorithm based on peptide matching discriminability.
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SUBMITTER: Xiao CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3652849 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Dispec: a novel peptide scoring algorithm based on peptide matching discriminability.
Xiao Chuan-Le CL Chen Xiao-Zhou XZ Du Yang-Li YL Li Zhe-Fu ZF Wei Li L Zhang Gong G He Qing-Yu QY
PloS one 20130513 5
Identifying peptides from the fragmentation spectra is a fundamental step in mass spectrometry (MS) data processing. The significance (discriminability) of every peak varies, providing additional information for potentially enhancing the identification sensitivity and the correct match rate. However this important information was not considered in previous algorithms. Here we presented a novel method based on Peptide Matching Discriminability (PMD), in which the PMD information of every peak ref ...[more]
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