X!!Tandem, an improved method for running X!tandem in parallel on collections of commodity computers.
J Proteome Res
; 7(1): 293-9, 2008 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
The widespread use of mass spectrometry for protein identification has created a demand for computationally efficient methods of matching mass spectrometry data to protein databases. A search using X!Tandem, a popular and representative program, can require hours or days to complete, particularly when missed cleavages and post-translational modifications are considered. Existing techniques for accelerating X!Tandem by employing parallelism are unsatisfactory for a variety of reasons. The paper describes a parallelization of X!Tandem, called X!!Tandem, that shows excellent speedups on commodity hardware and produces the same results as the original program. Furthermore, the parallelization technique used is unusual and potentially useful for parallelizing other complex programs.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Programas Informáticos
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Proteínas
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Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Proteome Res
Asunto de la revista:
BIOQUIMICA
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos