The 'percent identity' of the blastx analysis represents identity between __________ of the query and the database sequence.

Question

Question 21 options:

DNA nucleotides

RNA nucleotides

amino acids

Answer 1

The 'percent identity' of the blastx analysis represents identity between amino acids of the query and the database sequence. In a blastx analysis, a nucleotide sequence is translated into all possible reading frames, and then compared to the protein sequences in the database.